Table 1 Descriptive statistics for all variables included in models
Mean/% | (SD) | % missing data | |
|---|---|---|---|
Teacher-center contact | |||
No contact | 64.23% | – | 9.12% |
Contact to get general information only | 7.79% | – | – |
Contact to get information about specific child only | 5.43% | – | – |
Contact to get both specific child and general information | 22.55% | – | – |
Child outcomes | |||
Teacher report of initial academic adjustment at entry | 4.12 | (0.78) | 6.65% |
Teacher report of initial social adjustment at entry | 4.04 | (0.82) | 6.44% |
General motivation score | 3.71 | (1.03) | 5.76% |
Communication skills | 2.61 | (0.40) | 5.69% |
Academic skills | 3.60 | (0.95) | 5.69% |
Externalizing behaviors | 1.38 | (0.43) | 5.69% |
Social skills | 3.23 | (0.41) | 5.69% |
Lagged dependent variables | |||
British peabody picture vocabulary-age 4 | 40.17 | (10.99) | 11.70% |
Child behavioral functioning-age 4 | 3.78 | (0.88) | 31.22% |
Child and family characteristics | |||
Male | 51.72% | – | 0.00% |
Cohort: 2006 | 38.52% | – | 0.00% |
Cohort: 2007 | 44.96% | – | – |
Cohort: 2008 | 16.52% | – | – |
Native Norwegian | 88.08% | – | 0.97% |
Western immigrant | 6.28% | – | – |
Non-western immigrant | 5.63% | – | – |
Municipality: Bamble | 11.31% | – | 16.52% |
Municipality: Drammen | 41.26% | – | – |
Municipality: Porsgrunn | 26.48% | – | – |
Municipality: Skien | 12.72% | – | – |
Municipality: Tinn | 8.23% | – | – |
Parent education (years) | 15.04 | (2.39) | 0.86% |
Preterm birth | 7.77% | – | 1.93% |
Special ed services in first grade | 3.30% | – | 5.69% |
Siblings in family | 60.54% | – | 0.75% |
House deprivation score (60 months) | 0.12 | (0.38) | 0.43% |
Single mom at 60 months | 8.79% | – | 7.19% |
Hours in child care at 60 months | 34.71 | (5.85) | 4.83% |
Center and school characteristics | |||
Preschool ped leader trained as preschool teacher | 85.20% | – | 31.87% |
Preschool center school prep activity index | 2.41 | (0.21) | 31.87% |
First grade classroom climate score | 3.08 | (0.22) | 5.79% |
First grade class size | 22.79 | (8.07) | 6.01% |
First grade school size | 345.32 | (132.53) | 7.19% |
# Kids in first grade class with special ed services | 1.02 | (1.74) | 7.08% |