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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the four groups of participating families

From: App-based learning for kindergarten children at home (Learning4Kids): study protocol for cohort 1 and the kindergarten assessments

 

Tablet group 1

(Literacy)

Tablet group 2

(Numeracy)

Control group 1

(Control tablet)

Control group 2

(No tablet)

Total sample

Number of participants, N

60

60

35

35

190

Children‘s age at t1

in months, M (SD), range

63.4 (4.0)

55–73

62.9 (4.3)

54–75

63.7 (5.0)

51–73

65.0 (4.4)

53–73

63.6 (4.4)

51–75

Children’s sex:

male / female

28 / 32

31 / 29

17 / 18

16 / 19

92 / 98

Families with migration backgrounda, N (%)

26 (43.3)

23 (38.3)

17 (48.6)

14 (40.0)

80 (42.3)

SESb

98.2 (34.8)

91.2 (37.3)

90.0 (40.6)

89.4 (32.1)

92.8 (36.1)

  1. Notes: amigration background: At least one parent or the child being born outside of Germany;
  2. bSES, highest family occupational prestige [28], however preliminary prestige score only (N = 168) due to missing data and unspecific answers