Table 2 Mean (SD) number of parent utterances, word tokens, and word types in the picture-book interaction, overall and separately by visit week.

From: Financial concern reduces child directed speech in a socioeconomically diverse sample

 

Utterances

Word tokens

Word types

Week 1 (N = 38)

131.3 (62.0)

549.6 (248.9)

167.5 (58.8)

Week 2 (N = 37)

129.8 (50.2)

545.1 (248.8)

168.2 (53.0)

Week 3 (N = 42)

121.4 (59.5)

489.3 (248.7)

155.8 (53.0)

Week 4 (N = 49)

101.3 (42.6)

418.8 (199.3)

141.8 (48.2)

Overall (N = 166)

119.6 (54.5)

494.7 (239.4)

157.1 (53.7)