Conceptualizing childhood health problems using survey data: a comparison of key indicators

Kohen, Dafna E; Brehaut, Jamie C; Garner, Rochelle E; Miller, Anton R; Lach, Lucyna M; Klassen, Anne F; Rosenbaum, Peter L

doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-40

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for individuals captured by each indicator and comparison across indicator categories (n = 7196)

From: Conceptualizing childhood health problems using survey data: a comparison of key indicators

	A: Activity Limitations (n = 767)		B: Severe Health Difficulty (n = 1263)		C: Chronic Conditions (n = 4374)		D: Elevated Service Use (n = 5044)
	Estimate	SI	Estimate	SI	Estimate	SI	Estimate	SI	Overall Comparison
Child-specific measures
Age group
4–6 years old, %	32.29^BD	^B0.20	23.34^ACD	^A0.20	33.27^BD	^B0.21	40.50^ABC	^A0.17	X² ₃ = 117.40, p < 0.0001
		^D0.17		^C0.21		^D0.15		^B0.36
				^D0.36				^C0.15
7–9 years old, %	40.63		40.81		38.98		36.78		X² ₃ = 8.80, p = 0.03
10–11 years old, %	27.08^BD	^B0.19	35.85^AC	^A0.19	27.74^BD	^B0.18	22.72^ABC	^A0.10	X² ₃ = 57.62, p < 0.0001
		^D0.10		^C0.18		^D0.12		^B0.30
				^D0.30				^C0.12
% male	60.46		58.54		57.43		55.43		X² ₃ = 6.29, ns
% born in Canada	95.72		94.38		96.64		96.21		X² ₃ = 2.95, ns
Family-specific measures
Income, mean (sd)	51,845^B (72,089)	^B0.13	44,498^ACD (42,423)	^A0.13	51,748^B (63,859)	^B0.12	53,009^B (90,639)	^B0.10	F_3,4262 = 11.08 p < 0.0001
				^C0.12
				^D0.10
% PMKs with at least high school education	80.29		77.59^CD	^C0.16	83.54^B	^B0.16	83.99^B	^B0.17	X² ₃ = 13.68 p = 0.004
				^D0.17
% Two-parent families	76.67		73.63^CD	^C0.22	82.26^BD	^B0.22	79.79^BC	^B0.15	X² ₃ = 24.70 p < 0.0001
				^D0.15		^D0.06		^C0.06
Child health status measures
% Excellent/very good health	53.62^BCD	^B0.38	71.79^AD	^A0.38	76.44^A	^A0.51	77.95^AB	^A0.56	X² ₃ = 88.51 p < 0.0001
		^C0.51		^D0.15				^B0.15
		^D0.56
% Injured in past year	15.29		14.48		13.65		15.40		X² ₃ = 5.72, ns
% Hospitalized in past year	15.74^BCD	^B0.23	8.46^A	^A0.23	7.14^AD	^A0.31	10.40^AC	^A0.17	X² ₃ = 104.41 p < 0.0001
		^C0.31				^D0.11		^C0.11
		^D0.17
% Behaviour problems	41.76^BCD	^B0.41	62.12^ACD	^A0.41	34.94^AB	^A0.14	35.01^AB	^A0.14	X² ₃ = 144.11 p < 0.0001
		^C0.14		^C0.55		^B0.55		^B0.55
		^D0.14		^D0.55
% Taking medication regularly	58.28^BCD	^B0.77	21.38^ACD	^A0.77	29.82^AB	^A0.60	29.66^AB	^A0.61	X² ₃ = 144.02 p < 0.0001
		^C0.60		^C0.19		^B0.19		^B0.18
		^D0.61		^D0.18

Children may be identified by more than one indicator category. Superscript letters indicate significant differences (adjusted for multiple comparisons, p < 0.01) between the value and the corresponding value from the column denoted by the letter. Effect sizes (standardized increments) are given only for those comparisons that were found to be statistically significant.

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