Table 3 Socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of borderline or abnormal mental difficulties (based on the SDQ-Total Difficulties Score)
mental difficulties | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
girls | boys | girls & boys | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
parental education | ||||||
- high | 12 | 3.6 | 26 | 8.4 | 38 | 5.9 |
- medium | 15 | 11.1 | 18 | 12.1 | 33 | 11.6 |
- low | 10 | 9.7 | 21 | 18.4 | 31 | 14.3 |
p-valuea | 0.0038 | 0.0141 | 0.0002 | |||
household income | ||||||
- high | 9 | 4.7 | 11 | 6.3 | 20 | 5.4 |
- medium | 8 | 6.9 | 17 | 14.7 | 25 | 10.8 |
- low | 9 | 14.3 | 8 | 13.6 | 17 | 13.9 |
- not indicated | 14 | 6.5 | 30 | 12.9 | 44 | 9.8 |
p-valuea | 0.0715 | 0.0873 | 0.0147 | |||
parental working status | ||||||
- not unemployed | 30 | 5.9 | 51 | 10.3 | 81 | 8.0 |
- unemployed | 7 | 10.1 | 12 | 16.0 | 19 | 13.2 |
p-valuea | 0.1774 | 0.1407 | 0.0413 | |||
nationality | ||||||
- (exclusively) German | 27 | 6.1 | 42 | 10.0 | 69 | 8.0 |
- others | 13 | 9.2 | 24 | 15.1 | 37 | 12.3 |
p-valuea | 0.2012 | 0.0852 | 0.0245 | |||
single parenthood | ||||||
- others | 28 | 5.5 | 53 | 10.9 | 81 | 8.1 |
- single parent | 12 | 15.6 | 13 | 14.1 | 25 | 14.8 |
p-valuea | 0.0011 | 0.3650 | 0.0053 | |||