Research Article
Parents' Beliefs about Children's Math Development and Children's Participation in Math Activities
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of sample.
| | | Overall
| Chinese
| Caucasian
| African American
| Latinos
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| | Boys (%) | 56.2 | 60.7 | 65.4 | 33.3 | 40 | | Mean age (SD) | 6.12 (1.60) | 6.26 (1.84) | 5.83 (1.83) | 6.10 (1.28) | 6.24 (1.62) | | Children’s grade (%) | | | | | | | Prekindergarten | 23.3 | 21.4 | 26.9 | 22.2 | 20 | | Kindergarten | 31.5 | 42.9 | 19.2 | 33.3 | 30 | | First grade | 26.0 | 17.9 | 38.5 | 22.2 | 20 | | Second grade | 6.8 | 3.6 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 0 | | Third grade | 11.0 | 14.3 | 0 | 11.1 | 30 | | Fourth grade | 1.4 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | | Two-parent homes (%)* | 68.1 | 85.7 | 61.5 | 33.3 | 66.7 | | Number of other children in home | 1.07 (0.93) | 0.75 (0.65) | 1.27 (0.96) | 1.44 (1.51) | 1.10 (0.74) | | Mean (SD) | | | | | | | 0% | 27.4 | 35.7 | 19.2 | 33.3 | 20 | | 1 | 49.3 | 53.6 | 50 | 33.3 | 50 | | 2 | 13.7% | 10.7 | 15.4 | 0 | 30 | | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 15.4 | 22.2 | 0 | | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | | Child fluent in English (%) | 56.5 | 44.4 | 100 | 100 | 50 | | Parent education | 4.55 (1.72) | 5.54 (0.74) | 4.54 (1.68) | 3.78 (1.92) | 2.50 (1.58) | | Mean level (SD) | | | | | | | Less than HS (%) | 8.2 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 30 | | High school | 12.3 | 0 | 3.8 | 44.4 | 40 | | Some college | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 11.1 | 0 | | Associate | 9.6 | 3.6 | 19.2 | 0 | 10 | | Bachelor | 23.3 | 28.6 | 23.1 | 11.1 | 20 | | Postgraduate | 42.5 | 64.3 | 38.5 | 33.3 | 0 | | Parent U.S. born (%) | 49.3 | 0 | 96.2 | 100 | 20 |
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Note. *One Hispanic parent did not provide data for this question.
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