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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	39.461
Context details	Children from low-income families (1/3 on public assistance income) with limited English proficiency or ethnic minorities from large city in New York
Age	4 years old

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1990
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	14
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Mothers received biweekly home visits by paraprofessional and biweekly group meetings with paraprofessional and coordinator

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Cohort 2	Behavioral	CCAI	3	113	Coeff: 22.00; SD: 100.00; NT1: 47; NC1: 66
Cohort 1	Behavioral	CCAI	2	69	Coeff: 69.00; SD: 100.00; NT1: 37; NC1: 32

Study	Baker, Amy JL, Chaya S. Piotrkowski, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "The Effects of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) on Childrens School Performance at the End of the Program and One Year Later." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 13, no. 4 (1998): 571-588.