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Table 1 Descriptive statistics describing the study population

From: Cross-sectional study of social behaviors in preschool children and exposure to flame retardants

Variables

N

%Male

%Female

  

Child gender

92

64%

36%

  
  

%No

%Yes

  

Mother employed

86

34%

66%

  

Father employed

60

12%

88%

  
 

N

M

SD

Min

Max

Child age in years

88

4.31

0.68

3.12

5.75

Family context

 Mother’s Education in years

86

16.30

3.67

10

34

 Father’s Education in years

64

16.08

3.02

10

24

 Household incomea

86

5.22

2.84

1

8

 Home learning environmentb

88

0.01

1.00

−2.80

1.82

Adverse experiences

90

0.40

0.81

0

4

Flame retardants

 PBDE

72

3.54

1.15

0.42

5.96

 OPFR

72

5.58

0.79

4.25

7.87

Teacher-rated social behavior

 Communication

89

1.94

0.50

0.29

3.00

 Cooperation

89

1.96

0.61

0.67

3.00

 Assertion

89

1.65

0.52

0.14

2.86

 Responsibility

89

1.95

0.51

0.75

3.00

 Empathy

89

1.93

0.58

0.50

3.00

 Engagement

89

1.90

0.53

0.57

3.00

 Self-control

89

1.73

0.61

0.14

3.00

 Externalizing aggregate

89

0.76

0.48

0.00

2.06

 Internalizing

89

0.61

0.47

0.00

1.86

  1. aHousehold income is measured on a scale from 1 to 8
  2. bHome learning environment is an aggregate of standardized items