Table 1 Sample characteristics (Spring Year 2).
From: Contribution of sustained attention abilities to real-world academic skills in children
N = 725 | ||
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Mean (stdev); range | 12.4 years (1.6); 9.5–14.9 |
Gender | Females (F) | 360 |
Males (M) | 365 | |
Grade | 4 | 181 |
6 | 218 | |
8 | 326 | |
Ethnicity | Asian | 266 |
Hispanic | 163 | |
Other | 96 | |
White | 127 | |
Not available | 73 | |
Language fluency | English | 321 |
IFEP | 57 | |
RFEP | 274 | |
Not available | 73 | |
Low income | No | 465 |
Yes | 187 | |
Not available | 73 | |
Parent education | Not HS graduate | 35 |
HS graduate | 75 | |
Some college | 85 | |
College graduate | 208 | |
Grad school or post-grad | 235 | |
Not available | 94 | |
Assessment Availability | Targeted academic tests | 710 |
Broad academic tests | 708 | |
Both targeted and broad academic tests | 598 |
