Changes in social inequality with respect to health-related living conditions of 6-year-old children in East Germany after re-unification

Table 3 Distribution of parental employment status, small living space and health-related living conditions of 6-year-old children in East Germany (1991–2000), by parental educational level

	Parental educational level
	Total	Low^a		Middle^b		High^c		p-valued
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Mother and father not in paid employment	730	157	78.5	408	17.9	165	5.64	<.0001
Small living space (per-capita < 20 m²)	13163	982	71.2	6514	58.6	5667	48.9	<.0001
Damp housing condition	2581	295	22.0	1306	11.9	980	8.5	<.0001
Single oven heating at child's home	8472	682	56.0	3993	38.6	3797	34.2	<.0001
Living at busy road (< 50 m to traffic)	14238	921	71.3	6785	62.3	6532	56.9	<.0001

^a Low: less than school grade 10, ^b middle: grade 10, ^c high: more than grade 10; ^dp-value of chi-square test

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