Research Article

Child and Home Predictors of Children's Name Writing

Table 1

Descriptive Information for Children.

Variable ( )

Ethnicity
 African American3 (3.0%)
 Caucasian64 (62.1%)
 Asian13 (12.6%)
  Not indicated/did not respond23 (22.3%)
Gender
 Boys59 (57.3%)
 Girls44 (42.7%)
Maternal education
 High school diploma or less 6 (5.8%)
 Some college or a two-year degree7 (6.8%)
 Bachelor's degree32 (31%)
 Graduate or professional work36 (35%)
 Not indicated/did not respond22 (21.4%)
Child mean age in months (SD)47.35 (7.84)
Mean writing (SD)8.81 (5.07)
Mean home learning environment (SD)25.61 (5.31)
Mean fine-motor skills (SD)5.72 (2.06)
Mean decoding (SD)344.01 (32.48)
Mean capital letter knowledge (SD)15.46 (9.83)
Mean self-regulation (SD)10.65 (13.02)
Mean problem behavior (SD)96.69 (11.91)