Prevalence of childhood disability and the characteristics and circumstances of disabled children in the UK: secondary analysis of the Family Resources Survey

Table 5 Proportions in families who report falling behind with payments, FRS, 2004/5

	Children with DDA disability		Non-disabled children
Areas where behind with payments	n	%	n	%
Electricity payments	84	7.1	571	3.9	X² = 28.3; <0.0001
Gas payments	89	7.5	551	3.7	X² = 39.9; <0.0001
Other fuel payment	8	0.7	114	0.8	X² = 0.04; NS
Council tax	125	10.6	957	6.5	X² = 28.3; <0.0001
Insurance policies	7	0.6	47	0.3	X² = 1.7; NS
Telephone bill	105	8.9	731	5.0	X² = 33.2; <0.0001
TV/video payments	24	2.0	177	1.2	X² = 5.4; NS
Other HP payments	58	4.9	342	2.3	X² = 28.9; <0.0001
Water rates	116	9.8	815	5.5	X² = 35.8; <0.0001
1 or more debts	313	26.5	2393	16.2	X² = 81.0; <0.0001

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