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Table 1 Social and demographic indicators and differences between children with and without problems identified by four scoring methods

From: A comparison of four scoring methods based on the parent-rated Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as used in the Dutch preventive child health care system

  

SDQ TDS $

Parent-defined difficulties

High sub- scale/impairment

Combination of these three scores $

Total (n = 707)

% (n)

%

%

%

%

Elevated score

 

9.8

8.2

6.4

13.6

Gender child

 

ns

*

ns

**

Boy

49 (345)

11.9

10.7

7.5

17.7

Girl

51 (362)

7.7

5.8

5.2

9.7

Age of the child#

 

ns

ns

ns

Ns

7 years

11 (75)

4.0

1.3

1.3

5.3

8 years

7 (53)

11.3

15.1

5.7

20.8

9 years

28 (198)

10.6

9.6

7.1

14.1

10 years

22 (159)

10.1

8.2

5.7

14.5

11 years

23 (161)

10.6

6.2

7.5

12.4

12 years

9 (61)

9.8

11.5

9.8

16.4

Ethnic background

 

ns

ns

ns

ns

Netherlands or other industrialised country

83 (589)

9.2

8.0

6.6

13.2

Non-industrialised country

7 (46)

15.2

10.9

6.5

17.4

Unknown

10 (72)

11.1

8.3

4.2

13.9

Family situation

 

ns

ns

ns

nS

Two parents

86 (607)

9.1

8.1

5.6

13.0

One parent

10 (73)

16.4

9.6

12.3

19.2

Unknown

3 (27)

11.1

11.1

11.1

16.7

Parenting situation

 

ns

*

*

ns

2 biological parents

81 (574)

8.7

7.1

5.2

12.2

1 biological parent

14 (99)

16.2

13.1

11.1

21.2

Other/unknown

5 (34)

8.8

11.8

11.8

14.7

Work situation

 

*

ns

**

ns

No job

3 (22)

13.6

13.6

13.6

13.6

One full-time job

30 (212)

8.0

9.0

3.8

12.3

One part-time job

4 (27)

7.4

0.0

3.7

7.4

One full-time + one part-time job

42 (298)

9.1

7.0

6.4

12.8

Both part-time

8 (60)

5.0

10.0

3.3

13.3

Both full-time

3 (18)

11.1

5.6

0.0

11.1

Unknown

10 (70)

21.4

11.4

17.1

24.3

Education

 

*

ns

ns

*

(None) elementary school

3 (19)

21.1

15.8

0.0

31.6

Lower education

25 (178)

12.9

8.4

7.3

16.9

Medium education

32 (228)

10.1

8.8

5.7

13.6

Higher education

33 (236)

5.5

6.8

5.9

9.3

Unknown

6 (46)

13.0

8.7

10.9

15.2

  1. * Chi Square: = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01; *** = p < 0.001.
  2. $ Using an adapted Clinical SDQ cut-off; ≥ 14.
  3. # The categorical variable was used: there were also no significant differences in mean age.
  4. ns Not significant