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Table 4 Associations of socioeconomic factors with suspected developmental delay

From: Inequality in early childhood neurodevelopment in six poor rural counties of China: a decomposition analysis

 

Developmental delaya

Developmental delayb

OR (95%CI)

P-value

OR (95%CI)

P-value

Household

 Region (Guizhou vs. Shanxi)

1.53 (1.28, 1.83)

<0.001

1.13 (0.92, 1.39)

0.241

 Single-child family (Yes vs. No)

0.93 (0.78, 1.11)

0.419

  

 Per capita net income (1000 CNY)

0.96 (0.94, 0.98)

<0.001

0.97 (0.95, 0.99)

0.024

Caregiver

 Age (year)

1.01 (0.99, 1.02)

0.210

  

 Gender (Male vs. Female)

1.01 (0.79, 1.30)

0.920

  

 Role (Mother vs. Not mother)

0.96 (0.77, 1.20)

0.699

  

 Education (Middle school or above vs. Primary school or below)

0.80 (0.66, 0.96)

0.020

0.84 (0.67, 1.04)

0.105

 Depression (Yes vs. No)

2.04 (1.71, 2.45)

<0.001

2.30 (1.89, 2.81)

<0.001

Child

 Age (month)

0.94 (0.93, 0.95)

<0.001

0.94 (0.93, 0.95)

<0.001

 Gender (Male vs. Female)

1.20 (1.00, 1.43)

0.049

1.21 (1.00, 1.47)

0.053

 Stunting (Yes vs. No)

1.25 (0.97, 1.61)

0.090

1.32 (1.01, 1.75)

0.048

 Wasting (Yes vs. No)

1.81 (1.13, 2.91)

0.010

1.49 (0.90, 2.47)

0.121

 Learning material (Yes vs. No)

0.30 (0.22, 0.40)

<0.001

0.53 (0.38, 0.73)

<0.001

 Support for learning (Yes vs. No)

0.42 (0.33, 0.53)

<0.001

0.67 (0.51, 0.87)

0.003

  1. aUnivariate analysis; bMultivariate analysis