2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

Table 32. Mothers’ Positive Parenting Activities during Previous 3 Months by Selected Maternal Characteristics at Year 5 aParenting ActivitiesAllMothersEducation (%) Race/Ethnicity (%) Nativity (%) Relationship Status (%)Single/HSWhite/ ForeignbornbornU.S.-Black HispanicMarried live w/graduateotherpartnerNot HSgraduateSingle ornot livingw/partner(N=310) (n=157) (n=153) (n=126) (n=159) (n=25) (n=167) (n=143) (n=102) (n=95) (n=113)Read books to children 95 91 98* 98 93 92 94 96 96 93 96Told stories to children 90 86 93* 91 89 88 91 88 86 88 93Sang songs with children 92 88 95* 95 88 96 90 94 93 90 92Took children on errands 98 98 99 98 99 96 98 98 99 98 97Took children outside for walk orto play96 95 97 95 96 100 96 97 94 99 95Played with clay, drew pictures,or did other arts and crafts with 75 62 87* 81 66 96* 63 87* 73 65 84*childrenPlayed games, puzzles withchildren (Y2)77 68 85* 78 73 88 71 83* 73 77 80Took children to library (Y2) 43 32 54* 52 35 52* 30 58* 44 37 46Did household chores withchildren (Y2)79 72 86* 81 74 96* 68 91* 78 68 87*Praised children 99 99 100 100 99 100 99 100 100 98 100Encouraged children to read abook96 92 99* 98 93 100* 93 98* 94 94 97Talked to children about TVprogram (Y3)75 63 87* 82 66 96* 70 81* 72 73 79Mean (SD) Positive Parenting 0.92 0.89 0.96 0.94 0.90 0.96 0.90 0.95 0.92 0.91 0.94Score (range: 0–1) b (.13) (.15) (.09)*** (.10) (.15) (.10)** (.14) (.11)** (.13) (.13) (.13)a Data were weighted to adjust for the oversampling of mothers in the Glades and mothers screened “at risk.”b Mean parenting scores are based only on parenting items included in all five surveys. (Y2) and (Y3) indicate items added in year 2 or year 3.One-way ANOVA tests indicate means are statistically significant at *p < .05, ** p < .01, or *** p < .001.*Denotes z-test of column proportions (or t-test of means where applicable) statistically significant at p < .10 or lower: [Education] lookedatbooks(2) vs. lookedatbooks(1);toldstories(2) vs. toldstories(1); sangsongs(2) vs. sangsongs(1); artscrafts(2) vs. artscrafts(1); playedgames(2) vs. playedgames(1); library(2) vs. library(1); chores(2) vs. chores(1);encouragedreading(2) vs. encouragedreading(1); talkedtelevision(2) vs. talkedtelevision(1); [Race/Ethnicity] artscrafts(1) vs. artscrafts(2), artscrafts(3) vs. artscrafts(2); library(1) vs.library(2); chores(3) vs. chores(2); encouragedreading(1) vs. encouragedreading(2); talkedtelevision(1) vs. talkedtelevision(2); talkedtelevision(3) vs. talkedtelevision(2); [Nativity]artscrafts(2) vs. artscrafts(1); playedgames(2) vs. playedgames(1); library(2) vs. library(1); chores(2) vs. chores(1); encouragedreading(2) vs. encouragedreading(1); talkedtelevision(2)vs. talkedtelevision(1); [Relationship status] artscrafts(3) vs. artscrafts(2); chores(3) vs. chores(2).Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 53