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Table 2 Prevalence of developmental delays in the social development (N = 5595)

From: Social developmental delays among 3 to 6 year old children in preschools in German social hotspots: results of a dynamic prospective cohort study

 

DESK-results

Reasonable finding

(stanine value = 1)

Inconclusive finding

(stanine value = 2)

No finding

(stanine value = 3–9)

M (SD)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total

539

9.6

348

6.2

4.708

84.2

4.86 (2.10)

Sex

 Female

154

5.5

135

4.8

2.521

89.7

5.31 (1.97)

 Male

385

13.8

213

7.6

2.187

78.6

4.40 (2.13)

Age

 3 years

119

8.5

89

6.4

1.185

85.1

5.14 (2.23)

 4 years

166

9.9

140

8.4

1.367

81.7

4.88 (2.15)

 5/6 years

254

10.0

119

4.7

2.156

85.3

4.68 (1.98)

  1. Note. DESK - Dortmund Preschool Developmental Screening DESK 3–6, M = mean, SD Standard deviation