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Table 2 Psychomotor development of children aged 28 to 32 months

From: Parental separation: a risk for the psychomotor development of children aged 28 to 32 months? A cross-sectional study

Variables describing the psychomotor development

Total

Parents together

Separated parents

p

Children cannot perform a standing jump (2006–12)

(n = 22082)

(n = 19916)

(n = 2165)

0.6

%

7.4

7.5

7.2

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.0 (0.8-1.1)

Children cannot draw a vertical line (2006–12)

(n = 17857)

(n = 15120)

(n = 1736)

<0.001

%

17.7

17.3

21.9

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

Children cannot draw a circle (2006–12)

(n = 16193)

(n = 14623)

(n = 1569)

<0.001

%

24.9

24.4

29.9

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

Children cannot dress themselves (2010–12)

(n = 9481)

(n = 8495)

(n = 986)

0.1

%

34.7

34.5

36.5

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.1 (0.97-1.2)

Children cannot use the “I” pronoun (2006–09)

(n = 8021)

(n = 7197)

(n = 823)

<0.001

%

46.8

46.1

52.4

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

Children cannot build a 3-word sentence (2006–12)

(n = 22522)

(n = 20335)

(n = 2186)

<0.001

%

18.1

17.5

24.7

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.5 (1.3-1.6)

Children cannot say their first name (2010–12)

(n = 9535)

(n = 8672)

(n = 862)

<0.001

%

16.0

15.5

20.4

Crude OR (95 % CI)

 

1

1.4 (1.2-1.6)