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the 2008-2009 school year (i.e., children that were 5 years old by June 1, 2008) from 14
Rocky Mountain SER Head Start classrooms.
Overall, mean child age was 58.85 months (SD = 3.51, range = 52.53-68.83;
approximately 4.90 years of age). Mean age for children participating in classrooms
assigned to the intervention group was 59.00 months (SD = 3.83, range = 52.77-68.83;
approximately 4.91 years of age), and mean age for children participating in classrooms
assigned to the book reading control group was 58.73 months (SD = 3.27, range = 52.53-
64.40; approximately 4.90 years of age). Complete categorical demographic data for all
participating children and for children assigned to each experimental group (intervention
group n = 49, book reading control group n = 65) are presented in Table 3; demographic
findings for categories with the largest percentages of children are summarized here. The
sample consisted of 66 (57.9%) boys and 48 (42.1%) girls; and a vast majority of
children were Hispanic (85.1%; 7.9% Caucasian, 7% African American). Regarding
family income, 38.3% earned $10,000 or less annually, 29.0% earned between $10,000-
19,000 annually, and 18.7% earned between $20,000-29,000 annually. Over one third of
children‘s mothers (37.7%) had reportedly earned a high school degree or equivalent, and
an additional 21.9% had not earned a high school degree or equivalent. Nearly half
(43.%) of children‘s fathers were not present in their homes, 28% had reportedly earned a
high school degree or equivalent, and an additional 18.4% had not earned a high school
degree or equivalent. As determined by parent report on the demographic questionnaire,
most children fluently spoke only English (94.7%), and 5.3% of children fluently spoke
both English and Spanish.
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