Table 1 Demographic information and test scores of children and parents.

From: Nurturing the reading brain: home literacy practices are associated with children’s neural response to printed words through vocabulary skills

 

Behavioral sample (n = 66)

fMRI sample (n = 44)

Children

Parents

Children

Parents

Measure

Mean (SD) or n

Range

Mean (SD) or n

Range

Mean (SD) or n

Range

Mean (SD) or n

Range

Age (years)a

8.46 (0.36)

7.52–9.22

39.53 (4.95)

29–51

8.49 (0.33)

8.02–9.14

39.25 (4.78)

32–51

Sex (female)

n = 20

–

n = 59

–

n = 13

–

n = 39

–

Child grade (second grade)b

n = 20

–

–

–

n = 12

–

–

–

Parental educationc

–

–

3.05 (2.36)

−7–8

–

–

3.41 (2.17)

−1–8

 primary

–

–

n = 1

–

–

–

n = 0

–

 secondary

–

–

n = 8

–

–

–

n = 6

–

 undergraduate

–

–

n = 33

–

–

–

n = 20

–

 master or higher

–

–

n = 24

–

–

–

n = 17

–

Monthly incomed

–

–

1727 (1078)

500–5500

–

–

1659 (1098)

500–5500

 €0–1000

–

–

n = 18

–

–

–

n = 14

–

 €1000–2000

–

–

n = 25

–

–

–

n = 15

–

 €2000–3000

–

–

n = 16

–

–

–

n = 11

–

 €3000–4000

–

–

n = 5

–

–

–

n = 3

–

 €4000–5000

–

–

n = 1

–

–

–

n = 0

–

 €5000–6000

–

 

n = 1

–

–

–

n = 1

–

Reading accuracye

105 (8)

86–120

96 (15)

40–115

106 (8)

86–120

95 (16)

40–115

Reading speede

112 (16)

81–155

107 (13)

74–157

114 (17)

81–155

106 (13)

74–147

Vocabularyf

9 (2)

4–14

–

–

10 (2)

6–14

–

–

IQ compositee

112 (11)

83–135

–

–

113 (12)

83–135

–

–

  1. There was no difference between the behavioral and the fMRI samples in terms of demographics or performance (all p’s > 0.27).
  2. aAll children were 8 years of age, except for one who was younger (7.51) and three who were slightly older (9.06 to 9.22) at the time of testing.
  3. bChildren were either in second or third grade.
  4. cEducation level was measured using the number of years pre- or post- high school graduation, with high school graduation set at 0.
  5. dAs a reference, the median monthly income in France is about €1,700 (Robin, 2019).
  6. eStandard score.
  7. fScaled score.
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