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Table 1 Sample Description, Including N, Participants’ Age, Parents’ Schooling, Familial Household Income, Gender, Number of Siblings, Duration of Schooling, Time at the Present School, and Attendance During the School Year

From: Is it possible to promote executive functions in preschoolers? A case study in Brazil

 

Sample description

 

N (%)

Age in years (SD)

  

CG

37 (52.9)

5.5 (.21)

  

EG

33 (47.1)

5.6 (.21)

  

Total

70

5.5 (.21)

  
 

Mother schooling (frequency)

 

Elementary

high school

college

x2

p

CG

14

15

2

4.100

.129

EG

3

13

2

 

Father schooling (frequency)

 

Elementary

high school

college

x2

p

CG

19

10

1

.214

.899

EG

10

6

1

 

Household income (frequency) *

 

Up to 1 salary

1 to 3 salaries

More than 3 salaries

x2

p

CG

8

20

4

2.427

.297

EG

4

10

6

 

Gender (frequency)

  

Female

Male

 

x2

p

CG

 

19

18

 

1.075

.300

EG

 

21

12

 
 

Number of siblings

 

M

SD

  

t

p

CG

1

1.3

  

.900

.372

EG

1.4

1.6

  
 

Duration of schooling in months

 

M

SD

  

t

p

CG

25.6

16.3

  

.302

.764

EG

26.5

12.9

  
 

Time at the present school in months **

 

M

SD

  

t

p

CG

12.2

10.5

  

.373

.711

EG

13.2

10.8

  
 

Attendance in school year (%)

 

M

SD

  

t

p

CG

89.5

6.8

  

−2.028

.048

EG

85.1

10.7

  
  1. *Considering the exchange rate in U.S. dollars: U$ 2.70 = R$ 1.00 (Brazilian Real)
  2. 1 salary = $268.15 - it is the minimum value allowed, in Brazil, to be paid to a worker
  3. **refers to the number of months the child is in the current school
  4. CG – Control Group / EG – Experimental Group