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Table 3 Background characteristics that are associated with frequent parenting concerns, after mutual adjustment: odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) (n = 4,107)

From: Parents' concerns about children are highly prevalent but often not confirmed by child doctors and nurses

 

Prevalence rate

OR

95%-CI

P-value

Ethnicity

     

   - Dutch

7.6%

1.00

  

0.007

   - former colony

13.0%

1.50

0.90

2.50

 

   - labour immigrant

15.3%

1.98

1.39

2.80

 

   - other non-industrialized

9.6%

1.24

0.76

2.03

 

   - other industrialized

11.0%

1.39

0.71

2.74

 

Paternal educational level

     

   - low

8.9%

1.28

0.94

1.76

0.007

   - medium

9.1%

1.43

1.06

1.94

 

   - high

6.4%

1.00

ref

  

   - unknown

16.9%

2.15

1.35

3.42

 

Family income

     

   - below poverty

15.9%

1.49

1.05

2.11

0.017

   - above poverty

8.1%

1.00

ref

  

   - unknown

6.7%

0.78

0.54

1.12

 

Age of the child

     

   - 14 months

11.4%

1.99

1.44

2.75

< 0.0001

   - 3 years 9 months

8.1%

1.34

0.94

1.91

 

   - 5–6 years

8.6%

1.23

0.92

1.64

 

   - 7–12 years

7.5%

1.00

ref

  

Total

8.7%