| Table 2. | ||
| Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of involvement by single-parent household | ||
| Single-Parent Household | Mean Involvement | F-value |
| Yes | 7.9412 | 2.1712 |
| No | 6.8478 | |
| Note. N=66; p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001*** | ||
The dependent variable for this ANOVA was family involvement. The item that measured this is “How engaged was your family in this activity (working together)?” with answer choices on a scale of 1-10 with “0=not at all” and “10=a great amount”. The independent variable for this ANOVA was if children live in a single-parent household. The item that measured this is “Does your child live in a single-parent household?” with answer choices of “yes”, “no”, and “prefer not to say”. There were no responses to the “prefer not to say” answer, leaving our independent variable with two groups for analysis.
The mean family involvement for children in single-parent households is 7.9412. The mean family involvement for children not in single-parent households is 6.8478. The descriptive outcomes show a difference in the means. However, the ANOVA results (F = 2.1712) demonstrate that there is not a statistically significant difference between the means. Therefore, single-parent or non single-parent households do not significantly influence family involvement.