Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of participating centers and children (N=11).
| Center characteristics | Intervention | Control | ||
| Type of center | ||||
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Preschool, n (%) | 10 (90) | 10 (90) | |
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Long day care, n (%) | 1 (10) | 1 (10) | |
| Child enrollments aged 2-5 years, mean (SD) | 30.73 (11.24) | 29.0 (8.63) | ||
| Aboriginal child enrollments, mean (SD) | 5.0 (4.58) | 4.64 (3.32) | ||
| SEIFAa,b | ||||
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Most disadvantaged (low SESc), n (%) | 4 (36) | 4 (36) | |
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Least disadvantaged (high SES), n (%) | 7 (64) | 7 (64) | |
| Geographic location | ||||
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Urban (major cities), n (%) | 8 (73) | 8 (73) | |
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Rural (inner regional, outer regional, and remote), n (%) | 3 (27) | 3 (27) | |
| Nominated supervisor characteristics | ||||
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Age, mean (SD) | 37.68 (5.92) | 43.91 (10.57) | |
| Center champion characteristics, N | 6 | —d | ||
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 44.17 (6.40) |
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| Child characteristics, N | 246 | 202 | ||
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 4.68 (0.66) | 4.65 (0.68) | |
| Gender, N | 246 | 202 | ||
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Female, n (%) | 122 (49.5) | 88 (43.5) | |
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Male, n (%) | 124 (50.4) | 114 (56.4) | |
| Children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, n (%) | 24 (9.7) | 20 (9.9) | ||
| Days attending care, mean (SD) | 2.63 (0.88) | 2.57 (0.74) | ||
aSEIFA: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas.
bThe 2016 Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas was used to classify centers as being located in the least disadvantaged (high socioeconomic status) or most disadvantaged (low socioeconomic status) areas. Center postcodes ranked in the top 50% of New South Wales were classified as least disadvantaged and the lower 50% of postcodes as the most disadvantaged.
cSES: socioeconomic status.
dData not available (this item was only applied to nominated supervisors).