Table 1

Effects of any enrolment in Primeira Infância Melhor up to 4 years on parenting outcomes

Full matched analysis (n=1181*)
Outcomeβ95% CI**P valueCohen’s d
Linear regression for mean parenting score (β)
 Parent responsiveness0.080.002 to 0.160.04†0.10
 Parent sensitivity0.100.02 to 0.190.02†0.13
 Parent coerciveness0.002−0.04 to 0.060.980.001
 Parent guidance0.01−0.04 to 0.060.630.03
Logistic regression for OR
OR95% CI*P value
 Quality of parent–child relationship1.070.85 to 1.330.56
  • *Effective sample size (ESS) is the effective sample size and is used in cases of full matching when matched samples are calculated via stratification and weighting. In the case of this analysis, in the ESS, n=1181, where there were 594 controls and 587 treated individuals.

  • †, Denotes that p value is below 0.05 threshold.