Hierarchical regression analyses were computed to determine
the impact of predictor variables — age, gender, SES and ECE attendance.
Results from Table 2 assessing
the impact of predictor variables on literacy outcomes show that SES and ECE attendance strongly predicated letter naming, p < 0.05; age, SES and ECE predicted fine motor skills, p < 0.01; None of the predictor variables significantly predicted receptive language while ECE and age
Not exact matches
To account for demographic differences that might
impact social network structure, our model also included binary
predictor variables indicating whether subjects in each dyad were
of the same or different nationalities, ethnicities, and genders, as well as a
variable indicating the age difference between members
of each dyad.
These 2
variables are classic
predictors of antisocial behavior in older children and adolescents.15, 45 It is clear from our results that, if they are causal factors, they are having their
impact within the first year after birth.
In an earlier report
of type 2 diabetes (23), we showed that
of three groups
of variables included in a predictive model (demographics, disease status, and family characteristics), only disease
impact and family financial stress were significant, independent contributors to both depressive affect and anxiety among both European - American and Latino patients, with family conflict resolution as a significant
predictor only for European - American patients.