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Table 1 Final Individual Sources of Evidence Included in the Scoping Review

From: Moderating or mediating effects of family characteristics on socioeconomic inequalities in child health in high-income countries – a scoping review

Author, Year

Country

Age of Children

Study Size

Other Population Characteristics

Family Characteristics

Family Socioeconomic Position

Health Outcome

Data Analyses

Kim & Gallien 2016 [43]

United States

0–6 months

13,138

no information reported

structure (single-/two-parent: dichotomous)

household income: low/high

being breastfed: dichotomous

moderating effects logistic regression SEP-stratified outcome measures

Pearce et al. 2012 [44]

United Kingdom

9 months –3 years

14,378

excluded: unemployed mothers

living (safety equipment use: score)

maternal education: 7 categories

unintentional injury: dichotomous

mediating effects logistic regression mediating effects Poisson regression

Browne & Jenkins 2012 [45]

Canada

20 months –6 years

501

oversampled: immigrant background

process (differential negativity in family: score)

maternal education: number of years

parent-rated health: 5-point Likert scale

moderating effects logistic regression interaction terms SEP*family processes graphical analysis/chart

Puff & Renk 2014 [50]

United States

2–6 years

119

no information reported

process (parent–child stress: score)

SEP index (financial cutbacks): score SEP index (negative economic events): score

behavioural difficulties: score

mediating effects linear regression

Määttä et al. 2017 [46]

Finland

3–6 years

864

no information reported

process (rules / norms limiting screentime in hours, minutes: continuous) processes (parental screentime hours per day: metric)

parental education: low/middle/high

screentime: calculated daily average

mediating effects linear regression

Wijtzes et al. 2012 [47]

The Netherlands

4 years

2,786

excluded: non Dutch mothers

process (parental screentime: scale) living (TV in bedroom: dichotomous)

maternal education: 4 categories

screentime: dichotomous

mediating effects logistic regression

Strazdins et al. 2010 [48]

Australia

4–5 years

3,580

no information reported

size (infant in family: dichotomous) structure (single-/cohabiting: dichotomous)

household income: low/mid-to-high

behavioural difficulties: score

moderating effects linear regression, chart SEP-stratified outcome measures

Hagan et al. 2016 [51]

United States

4–6 years

338

no information reported

processes (negativity in parent–child relationship: score)

SEP index (education, income): low/high

parent-rated impairment: score parent-rated chronic medical conditions: score

mediating effects reported moderating effects linear regression interaction terms SEP*family process graphical analysis/chart

Li et al. 2017 [49]

United States

5–6 years

140

included: uncomplicated, singleton pregnancies

size (children in household: number) size/living combined (household instability: score) process (major life events: scale)

family income: 10 categories

development in cognitive self-regulation: score

mediating effects linear regression moderating effects linear regression interaction terms family size*SEP

Demir et al. 2015 [52]

United States

5–6 years

68

included: children with brain injury, English-speaker

process (parent–child talk: metric)

SEP index (income, education): Metric

development in language: score

mediating effects linear regression