Table 3

Standardised effect sizes and CI for the overall effects of the CfC intervention of measures that show significant differences between communities for children and comparison communities

Outcome measureMultilevel model – difference between groups (95% CI) (n)p ValueMultilevel model controlling for baseline – difference between groups (95% CI) (n)p Value
Receptive vocabulary achievement and verbal ability0.25 (–0.02 to 0.51)0.07
Child physical health (PedsQL)–0.26 (–0.53 to 0.00)0.05–0.25 (–0.50 to 0.01)0.06
Parent general health–0.08 (–0.18 to 0.01)0.07
Hostile parenting–0.14 (–0.30 to 0.02)0.08
Parenting self-efficacy0.11 (0.004 to 0.21)0.04
Jobless household (OR)0.56 (0.32 to 0.95)0.030.59 (0.36 to 0.96)0.03
  • Notes: All other estimates p>0.10.

  • CfC, Commmunities for Children.