Memory and potential correlates among children in Jordan

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Predictors of memory abilities (n = 434)

Memory Battery		R² = 0.489
Significant Independent Variables^a	B	T-value	Beta	P
Eating breakfast regularly	13.649	3.083	0.191	.031
Mother’s occupation	10.64	2.534	0.322	.042
Family yearly income(Jordan Dinar)	−11.05	−2.018	−0.249	.023
Father’s smoking status	−18.65	−3.933	−0.763	.009
Daily sleeping hours	19.72	4.506	0.896	.003

^aIncluded variables (all variables): family annual income, child’s gender, child’s type of school, child’s birth order among siblings, child lives with both parents, mother’s smoking, father’s smoking, family area of residence, father’s education, mother’s occupation, mother’s education, father’s occupation, child’s GPA, child’s daily sleeping hours and child’s eating breakfast at home before school

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