Table 3:

Means of covariates without and after inverse probability weighting for program selection

	Unweighted				Weighted
Predictors for Program Selectiona	CPCb	Comparison	Difference	p-value	CPC	Comparison	Difference	p-value
Females, %	51.8	47.1	4.7	0.080*	49.9	49.5	0.4	0.878
African American, %	92.7	93.5	−0.8	0.589	93.1	93.4	−0.3	0.822
Mother not completed high school by child’s age 3, %	51.0	60.2	−9.2	0.001***	54.0	54.0	0.0	0.998
Ever reported receiving free lunch by child’s age 3, %	84.2	82.9	1.3	0.502	83.6	83.6	0.0	0.995
Mother under 18 at child’s birth, %	15.6	17.3	−1.7	0.385	16.3	16.2	0.1	0.964
Having 4 or more children at home by child’s age, %	16.0	17.8	−1.8	0.353	16.9	16.8	0.1	0.946
Ever reported receiving AFDC by child’s age 3, %	63.1	62.2	0.9	0.723	62.6	62.8	−0.2	0.948
Mother not employed by child’s age 3, %	67.3	64.6	2.7	0.266	66.1	66.1	0.0	0.998
Single parent by child’s age 3, %	76.7	76.0	0.7	0.742	76.5	76.6	−0.1	0.964
Missing on any family risk indicators, %	14.8	18.9	−4.1	0.035**	15.6	15.4	0.2	0.916
Reside in high poverty school area, %	77.7	72.9	4.8	0.037**	76.2	76.3	−0.1	0.954
Child low birth weight (<2500g), %	10.9	13.3	−2.4	0.170	11.7	11.7	0.0	0.976
Family conflict, child age 0–5, %	5.7	5.9	−0.2	0.856	5.7	5.7	0.0	0.986
Family financial problems, child age 0–5, %	7.1	6.8	0.3	0.842	6.9	6.8	0.1	0.922
Substance abuse parent, child age 0–5, %	4.3	3.9	0.4	0.718	4.1	4.0	0.1	0.950

Significance Level:

^***p<0.01

^**p<0.05

^*p<0.1

^aData are presented as a percentage of individuals.

^bOut of 1539 study participants, 989 participants were in the CPC group and 550 participants in the comparison group.