Table 3.
Multivariate simple linear regression analysis: Correlations between Language Environment Analysis (LENA) outcome measures (AWC, CTC and CVC) and family characteristics
| VARIABLES | lnAWC | lnCTC | lnCVC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | ||
| (1) | Age of child (months) | -0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | ||
| (2) | Sex (1 = boy) | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.13 |
| (0.14) | (0.22) | (0.17) | ||
| (3) | Age of mother (years) | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.02) | ||
| (4) | Maternal education level (1 = completed middle school or above) | 0.09 | 0.04 | -0.12 |
| (0.26) | (0.27) | (0.14) | ||
| (5) | Mother is the primary caregiver (1 = yes) | -0.18 | -0.08 | 0.02 |
| (0.13) | (0.22) | (0.12) | ||
| (6) | Number of adults in the household | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| (0.05) | (0.10) | (0.10) | ||
| (7) | Whether there are siblings at home (1 = yes) | -0.25 | -0.27 | -0.12 |
| (0.21) | (0.36) | (0.15) | ||
| (8) | Paternal education level (1 = completed middle school or above) | 0.29 | 0.17 | -0.01 |
| (0.23) | (0.20) | (0.14) | ||
| (9) | Father lived at home during most of the last year (1 = yes) | -0.04 | -0.02 | -0.00 |
| (0.14) | (0.18) | (0.14) | ||
| (10) | Asset index (PCA score) | 0.00 | 0.05 | -0.02 |
| (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.04) | ||
| (11) | Observations | 38 | 38 | 38 |
Source: Authors’ survey.
Standard errors in parentheses; standard errors were adjusted at the village cluster level. In our multivariate simple linear regressions, to control the family-wise error rate, we used the Bonferroni Correction to adjust the α value used to assess significance. The new α value is *p < 0.005