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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographics for mothers in the Miami and LA samples and the combined sample, by randomization group

From: Legacy for Children TM: a pair of randomized controlled trials of a public health model to improve developmental outcomes among children in poverty

 

Both sites (n = 574)

Miami (n = 289)

UCLA (n = 285)

Test of Difference*

%

%

%

p-value

Maternal Age < 23

49.3%

57.1%

41.4%

.0002

Child Female

49.9%

53.2%

46.8%

.7718

Maternal Education

    

 Less than HS diploma

23.9%

27.7%

20.0%

<.0001

 HS diploma/GED

59.4%

61.9%

56.8%

 

 Voc. Tech/Associate's Degree

12.4%

9.0%

15.8%

 

 College degree or more

4.4%

1.4%

7.4%

 

Maternal Marital Status

    

 Married

22.1%

16.6%

27.7%

0.0191

 Separated

4.9%

4.8%

4.9%

 

 Divorced

2.1%

1.7%

2.5%

 

 Widowed

0.5%

0.4%

0.7%

 

 Never Married

70.4%

76.5%

64.2%

 

Live with a Husband/Partner

40.2%

33.2%

47.4%

0.0005

Race/Ethnicity (multiple selections allowed)

    

 Non-Hispanic Black

57.1%

69.2%

44.9%

<.0001

 Non-Hispanic White

3.8%

1.0%

6.7%

0.0005

 Hispanic

24.9%

9.0%

41.1%

<.0001

 Haitian

8.5%

17.0%

0.0%

<.0001

 Other

5.8%

3.9%

7.9%

0.0446

Employment

    

 Working full-time

10.3%

11.8%

8.8%

0.0004

 Working part-time

15.5%

9.7%

21.4%

 

 Not working

74.2%

78.6%

69.8%

 

Household Income

    

 <$20,000

50.2%

52.6%

47.7%

0.5726

 $20,000-29,999

19.5%

17.3%

21.8%

 

 $30,000-39,999

10.5%

9.7%

11.2%

 

 $40,000-49,000

6.6%

6.9%

6.3%

 

 $50,000+

4.9%

4.2%

5.6%

 

 Missing (imputed for analysis)

8.4%

9.3%

7.4%

 

Primary Language Spoken at Home

    

 English

98.3%

98.3%

98.3%

0.9823

 Non-English Language

42.3%

34.6%

50.2%

0.0001

 Spanish

28.4%

13.5%

43.5%

<.0001

 Creole

10.8%

20.8%

0.7%

<.0001

 Other

5.8%

3.9%

7.9%

0.0446

 English Spoken Most in Home

79.8%

85.1%

74.4%

0.0014

Home Ownership

    

 Owned

22.5%

29.2%

15.7%

<.0001

 Rented

75.9%

69.8%

82.2%

 

 Occupied without rent payment

1.6%

1.0%

2.1%

 

 Lives in public housing

12.6%

14.5%

10.7%

0.1778

Household Composition

 

Mean

 

p-value

 Number of adults living in home^

1.5

1.6

1.5

0.5781

 Number of children living in home+

1.5

1.5

1.4

0.7054

  1. * As indicated by Chi-square or t-test statistic, as appropriate.
  2. ^Excluding Legacy mother, top-coded at 6.
  3. + Excluding Legacy child.