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Table 2 Effects of mother’s education, pre/post school holidays) and their interaction on verbal cognitive ability and SDQ scores – (Ages 7, 11, 14)

From: The effect of school summer holidays on inequalities in children and young people’s mental health and cognitive ability in the UK using data from the millennium cohort study

  

Effect estimates

Sample sizes

Age

Mother’s Educationa

School holidaysb

Interactionc

 

SDQd

7

5.2 (3.3, 8.1)

1.3 (1.0, 1.6)

1.4 (0.6, 3.2)

4670

11

2.5 (1.5, 3.9)

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

0.9 (0.4, 2.6)

3372

14

3.5 (2.3, 5.2)

1.3 (1.0, 1.6)

1.5 (0.7, 3.2)

3700

SDQ-prosociald

7

1.2 (0.7,2.2)

1.1 (0.7,1.6)

0.4 (0.1, 1.5)

4709

11

1.9 (0.8,4.2)

1.2 (0.7, 1.9)

0.7 (0.1,3.1)

3285

14

2.1 (1.3,3.6)

1.1 (0.8, 1.5)

1.2 (0.5, 3.5)

3703

Verbal cognitive abilitye

7

−14.7 (− 17.2, − 12.3)

− 2.4 (− 5.0, 0.2)

1.3 (− 3.3, 6.0)

4692

11

−8.4 (− 10.2, − 6.6)

1.2 (−1.3, 3.9)

−0.7 (− 4.3, 2.8)

3398

14

−2.1 (− 2.4, − 1.7)

0.1 (− 0.3, 0.5)

−0.3 (− 1.0, 0.4)

3498

  1. aComparison of lowest (GCSE grades D-G, equivalent or none) vs highest (university degree) level of mother’s education
  2. bComparison of children measured in the 2–3 months after vs. 2–3 months before the school summer holidays
  3. cInteraction of lowest education and post-holiday period (Reference category: highest education category)
  4. dOdds Ratio (95 CI)
  5. eb (95 CI)