Table 1.
Descriptive statistics before (n = 198 families, 202 children) and after (n = 83 families and children) school closure.
| Before School Closure | After School Closure | p value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent Race/Ethnicity, [n] | Latinx | 133 | 46 | 0.16 |
| White | 7 | 7 | ||
| Black | 41 | 20 | ||
| Asian | 2 | 3 | ||
| Other | 9 | 4 | ||
| Language of Survey, [n] | English | 121 | 58 | 0.21 |
| Spanish | 77 | 25 | ||
| Parent Education, [n] | Less than High School Degree | 48 | 16 | 0.04 |
| High School Degree | 65 | 19 | ||
| Some College | 42 | 17 | ||
| College Degree or more | 37 | 28 | ||
| Family Income, [n] | In Poverty1 | 39 | 13 | 0.62 |
| Low Income2 | 82 | 31 | 0.77 | |
| Child Gender, [n] | Boy | 93 | 35 | 0.64 |
| Girl | 109 | 48 | ||
| Child Age in Months [Mean(SD)] |
n = 283 | 54.20 (3.78) |
57.12 (4.25) |
< 0.001 |
| Parent mental health standardized score [Mean(SD)] |
n = 274 | -0.09 (0.90) |
0.21 (1.00) |
0.02 |
| CESD [Mean(SD)] |
n = 274 | -0.10 (0.96) |
0.23 (1.09) |
0.01 |
| PHQ4 [Mean(SD)] |
n = 276 | -0.08 (0.97) |
0.20 (1.07) |
0.04 |
| Parent sleep t-score [Mean(SD)] |
n = 270 | 46.48 (9.26) |
47.8 (10.00) |
0.30 |
| Child internalizing t-score [Mean(SD)] |
n = 268 | 55.10 (8.01) |
56.12 (8.41) |
0.36 |
| Fear anxiety [Mean(SD)] |
n = 278 | 56.40 (9.80) |
58.73 (9.79) |
0.07 |
| Fear of separation [Mean(SD)] |
n = 277 | 58.92 (11.44) |
58.87 (13.45) |
0.97 |
| Sadness [Mean(SD)] |
n = 275 | 50.13 (9.41) |
51.79 (10.44) |
0.20 |
| Child externalizing standardized score [Mean(SD)] |
n = 274 | -0.03 (0.81) |
0.08 (0.89) |
0.30 |
| Attention [Mean(SD)] |
n = 279 | -0.01 (1.00) |
0.03 (1.02) |
0.75 |
| Anger [Mean(SD)] |
n = 276 | -0.06 (0.99) |
0.15 (1.02) |
0.12 |
| Child sleep t-score [Mean(SD)] |
n = 273 | 51.10 (8.93) |
50.95 (9.26) |
0.90 |
Notes: * p-values are from chi-squared tests for categorical variables to compare proportions and t-tests for continuous variables to compare means, and unadjusted for multiple tests. 1Less than or equal to 100% Federal Poverty line. 2Less than or equal to 200% Federal Poverty line.