Role of early childhood educators’ demographic characteristics and perceived work environment in implementation of a preschool health promotion intervention

Table 2 Classroom means, standard deviations, and bivariate correlations of classroom-level variables in the DAGIS intervention program, 2017–2018 (N = 32 preschool classrooms)

Variable	Classroom mean (SD)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1 Educational attainment^a		-
2 Age^b		.32	-
3 Work experience at current preschool^c		.01	.00	-
4 Work experience in early childhood education^d		.37*	.38*	.47**	-
5 Support from coworkers	4.57 (0.45)	.22	-.17	-.25	-.21	-
6 Group work	4.46 (0.48)	.29	.11	-.32	-.06	.77**	-
7 Innovative climate	3.66 (0.47)	.26	.05	-.44*	-.16	.52**	.40*	-
8 Dose delivered	12.38 (1.77)	.16	.07	-.16	-.15	-.16	-.02	.01	-
9 Dose received – exposure	23.67 (7.79)	.35*	.41*	.07	.11	-.08	.15	-.11	.09	-
10 Dose received – satisfaction	10.42 (2.66)	.28	.09	-.29	-.28	.03	.06	.29	.37*	.38*	-
11 Perceived quality	10.27 (1.90)	.00	-.11	-.08	-.14	-.05	.03	-.19	.02	.51**	.42*	-
12 Total degree of implementation	56.73 (10.76)	.35*	.31	-.06	-.04	-.09	.12	-.04	.33	.92**	.66**	.65**

Pearson product-moment correlation. Scores ranged from 1 to 5 for support from coworkers, 1 to 5 for group work, and 1 to 5 for innovative climate. Maximum values were 15 for dose delivered, 44.85 for dose received – exposure, 16 for dose received – satisfaction, 15 for perceived quality, and 90.85 for the total degree of implementation
^*p < .05, ** p < .01
^aHigher educational attainment (% of educators within classrooms with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education)
^bYounger age (% of educators aged less than 35 years within classrooms)
^cLess work experience at current preschool (% of educators within classrooms having less than 5 years’ experience)
^dLess work experience in early childhood education (% of educators within classrooms having less than 10 years’ experience)

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