Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of demographics of caregivers separated by intervention and waitlist condition.
| Intervention condition |
Waitlist condition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n (%) | N | n (%) | |
| Gender (male) | 130 | 52 (40.0) | 73 | 18 (24.7) |
| Own children (yes) | 130 | 91 (70.0) | 73 | 50 (68.5) |
| Specialized training in childcare (yes) | 130 | 45 (34.6) | 71 | 35 (47.9) |
| Work hours | ||||
| Living at the orphanage | 126 | 50 (39.7) | 70 | 32 (45.7) |
| Fulltime (>40 h per week) | 126 | 51 (40.5) | 70 | 21 (30.0) |
| Part time | 126 | 9 (7.1) | 70 | 12 (17.1) |
| Voluntary work | 126 | 16 (12.7) | 70 | 5 (7.1) |
| Other sources of income (yes) | 130 | 53 (40.8) | 72 | 26 (36.1) |
| Salary (yes) | 123 | 91 (75.4) | 70 | 53 (76.7) |
| Monthly income 100 USD or higher | 123 | 24 (19.5) | 70 | 21 (30.0) |
| Formal contract (yes) | 128 | 32 (25.0) | 70 | 18 (25.7) |
| N | M (SD) | N | M (SD) | |
| Age | 130 | 36.18 (12.56) | 73 | 37.44 (12.30) |
| Years of education | 130 | 9.72 (2.83) | 72 | 10.03 (3.09) |
| Years worked as a caregiver | 128 | 6.49 (5.92) | 71 | 7.52 (8.43) |
| Duration of childcare-related education, in weeks | 32 | 13.01 (14.28) | 25 | 15.15 (15.76) |
| Interaction time with children (hours per day) | 106 | 2.39 (2.56) | 62 | 2.58 (2.96) |
| Time for housekeeping activities (hours per day) | 109 | 1.58 (1.10) | 58 | 1.42 (1.38) |
| Household income/ month (in USD) | 123 | 65.00 (95.53) | 70 | 80.91 (84.52) |
| Days of holiday per year | 101 | 16.69 (19.49) | 58 | 14.78 (15.50) |
| Work satisfaction a | 130 | 2.41 (0.85) | 72 | 1.93 (1.17) |
| Self-rating child-care knowledge a | 129 | 1.91 (0.90) | 73 | 1.79 (0.97) |
Note. N = number of participants who answered the item, n = absolute number of participants who answered with yes, M = mean, SD = Standard Deviation.
Because of cluster effects no inference statistical analysis is made.
a Items ‘work satisfaction’ and ‘self-rating child-care knowledge’: ratings on a 4-point Likert Scale with a possible range from 0 to 3.