Using epidemiological data to identify needs for child-rearing support among Chinese parents: a cross-sectional survey of parents of children aged 6 to 35 months in 15 Chinese cities

Table 4 Model for logistic regression of parents with major child-rearing problems as predicted by child’s, maternal and family status (N = 1895)

	B	SE	Wald	P.	OR	95% CI
Child’s age-group (base:6 m ~ <1y)
1y~ <2y	0.02	0.13	0.03	0.87	1.02	0.80	−1.31
2y~ <3y	−0.21	0.12	2.89	0.90	0.81	0.64	−1.03
Child’s Gender (base: girl)	0.30	0.10	8.86	0.00	1.35	1.11	−1.64
Mother’s Age (base: ≤25y)
26-30y	−0.14	0.44	0.09	0.76	0.88	0.37	−2.01
31-35y	−0.30	0.40	0.56	0.46	0.74	0.34	−1.63
36-40y	−0.33	0.40	0.69	0.41	0.72	0.33	− 1.57
≥ 41y	−0.29	0.41	0.51	0.48	0.75	0.33	−1.68
Mother’s Education Level (base: Completed junior high school or less)
Completed senior high school or technical certificate	0.31	0.29	1.15	0.28	1.36	0.76	−2.39
University and college degree	0.03	0.22	0.01	0.91	1.03	0.67	−1.58
Graduate degree	−0.03	0.18	0.03	0.86	0.97	0.68	−1.38
Perinatal Factors (base: no)
Cesarean section	−0.04	0.10	0.16	0.69	0.96	0.78	−1.17
Premature	−0.05	0.24	0.05	0.83	0.95	0.60	−1.50
Low birth weight	0.42	0.27	2.33	0.13	1.52	0.89	−2.60
Primary Caregivers (base: no)
Mother	0.14	0.14	1.08	0.30	1.15	0.88	−1.51
Father	−0.26	0.12	4.63	0.03	0.77	0.61	−0.98
Grandparent	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.99	1.00	0.78	−1.28
Family structure (base: Nuclear family)
Extended family	0.22	0.46	0.22	0.64	1.24	0.50	−3.08
Single parent family	0.22	0.46	0.22	0.64	1.24	0.50	−3.06
Single-child family (base: no)	0.32	0.13	6.33	0.01	1.38	1.07	−1.77
Family’s annual income (base: no)	−0.02	0.11	0.04	0.85	0.98	0.79	−1.22
Unable to meet expenses (base: no)	0.34	0.14	5.54	0.02	1.40	1.06	−1.85

# Model goodness of fit:-2 Likelihood =2329.13, R squared = 0.028. X² = 38.49, p = 0.02

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