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Table 2 Baseline parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the treatment and control group

From: The effect of ECD program on the caregiver’s parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices: based on a cluster-randomized controlled trial in economically vulnerable areas of China

 

Control

Treatment

p-value

Knowledge

   

KIDI total score

0.518

0.504

0.031

 

(0.004)

(0.005)

Attitude

   

PLOC overall

65.209

65.630

0.139

 

(0.245)

(0.201)

PLOC parental efficacy

15.505

15.814

0.081

 

(0.133)

(0.117)

PLOC parental responsibility

16.111

16.280

0.439

 

(0.155)

(0.145)

PLOC child control of parent’s life

15.215

15.236

0.879

 

(0.109)

(0.093)

PLOC parental control of child’s behavior

18.378

18.312

0.754

 

(0.123)

(0.166)

Practices

   

Parent-child interactions

   

Total parent-child interactions

3.476

(0.167)

3.348

(0.162)

0.555

Reading books

0.414

0.457

0.436

 

(0.045)

(0.035)

Telling stories

0.365

0.346

0.676

 

(0.039)

(0.030)

Singing songs

0.646

0.566

0.139

 

(0.044)

(0.035)

Taking child outside the home for play

0.842

0.809

0.317

 

(0.022)

(0.024)

Playing with the child with toys

0.783

0.717

0.065

 

(0.029)

(0.026)

Naming things, counting, drawing

0.425

0.453

0.502

 

(0.025)

(0.034)

Disciplining practices

   

Total discipline practices

7.068

(0.123)

7.069

(0.111)

0.992

Taking away children’s things

2.688

2.730

0.418

 

(0.036)

(0.039)

Limiting time

2.660

2.679

0.874

 

(0.090)

(0.073)

Explanation

1.719

1.660

0.388

 

(0.052)

(0.044)

N

483

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