Regional and social differences concerning overweight, participation in health check-ups and vaccination. Analysis of data from a whole birth cohort of 6-year old children in a prosperous German city

Table 3 Multivariate Analysis (logistic regression)

	overweight^a		incomplete U1-U9 check-ups^b		incomplete immunizations^c
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
individual level*
Mother tongue parents^d
- German	1.00		1.00		1.00
- other	*2.96*	*2.56–3.42*	*2.94*	*2.63–3.28*	*0.60*	*0.55–0.66*
Kindergarten visit of the child^e
- yes	1.00		1.00		1.00
- no	1.12	0.87–1.44	*2.07*	*1.67–2.56*	*1.31*	*1.07–1.59*
Sex of the child
- boy	1.00		1.00		1.00
- girl	0.99	0.86–1.14	1.10	0.99–1.22	1.00	0.91–1.09
school district level**
percentage of
single parent households^f
- low (1.8 – 3.0%)	1.00		1.00		1.00
- medium (3.1 – 3.7%)	1.02	0.85–1.22	0.93	0.82–1.07	0.92	0.83–1.03
- high (3.8 – 8.4%)	1.04	0.84–1.27	*1.16*	*1.00–1.34*	*0.83*	*0.73–0.94*
'low education households'^g
- low (20.9 – 27.0%)	1.00		1.00		1.00
- medium (27.1 – 30.8%)	*1.41*	*1.16–1.71*	*1.21*	*1.06–1.39*	0.92	0.82–1.03
- high (30.9 – 40.9%)	*1.81*	*1.47–2.24*	*1.63*	*1.40–1.90*	*0.77*	*0.68–0.88*

*) simultaneous control of: mother tongue, Kindergarten visit, sex
**) simultaneous control of: percentage of single parent households, percentage of 'low-education households'
a) BMI ≥ 90. percentile
b) at least one of the nine check-ups missing
c) at least one out of the nine vaccinations missing
d) German: both parents with mother tongue German; other: all other parents
e) yes: child visited Kindergarten for at least one year; no: all other children
f) percentage of single parent households
g) percentage of persons having the lowest educational level (i.e. 'Hauptschulabschluss')

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