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Table 1 Summary of findings of population-based studies of common child mental health problems/disorders

From: Child mental health differences amongst ethnic groups in Britain: a systematic review

Ethnic group

No. populations

Mental health problems/disorders relative to White/White British/'general population' children

  

Evidence of fewer problems

Mixture of evidence of fewer problems/no evidence of difference

No evidence of a difference

Mixture of evidence of more problems/no evidence of difference

Evidence of more problems

White Irish

2

0

0

1

1

0

White minority (unspecified)

2

0

0

1

1

0

Mixed race

5

0

0

4 (?+1)

0

0

Black Caribbean

11

0

1

6

1 (?+1)

1 (?+1)

Black African

6 (in 5 papers)

3

2

1

0

0

'Black'

4

1

0

2

0

0 (?+1)

Indian

12

7 (?+1)

0

2

2

0

Pakistani

6

0 (?+1)

0

4

1

0

Bangladeshi

6

0

1

5

0

0

'South Asian'

5

1

1 (?+1)

1

0 (?+1)

0

Chinese

2

0

1

1

0

0

Orthodox Jewish

1

0

1

0

0

0

  1. Notes: All differences significant at the 5% level, except for those shown in parentheses (e.g. '(?+1)') where the significance level for the specific contrast was not reported and where the study is therefore grouped by its apparent trend. Not all studies are independent, as some compare children from several minority ethnic groups to the same White 'reference' group.