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Table 1 Descriptive distributions of exposure, outcomes and confounding variables for waves 6 and 7

From: Effects of racism on the socio-emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Australian children

Means (Standard Deviations)

K Cohort

B Cohort

Child Age

8.5 (SD 0.57)

6.6 (SD 0.54)

IRISEO

5.8 (SD 2.21)

5.7 (SD 2.54)

Prevalence (95% CI)

K Cohort

B Cohort

Racism

 Yes

15.3 (11.8, 19.0)

14.0 (11.2, 16.6)

 No

84.7 (81.2, 88.2)

86.0 (83.3, 88.7)

Socioemotional wellbeing

 SDQ – High Emotional symptoms scores

14.8 (11.3, 18.2)

18.3 (15.3, 21.3)

 SDQ – High Conduct problems scores

17.9 (14.2, 21.6)

22.4 (19.2, 25.6)

 SDQ - High Hyperactivity scores

17.7 (14.0, 21.4)

20.7 (17.6, 23.9)

 SDQ – High Peer problems scores

20.1 (16.2, 24.0)

20.1 (17.0, 23.2)

 SDQ – High Total difficulties scores

14.5 (11.1, 17.9)

18.1 (15.1, 21.1)

Sex

 Male

47.4 (44.0, 50.7)

47.2 (43.3, 51.0)

 Female

52.5 (49.2, 55.9)

52.7 (48.9, 56.6)

Child dominant language

 Equally fluent – English/Indigenous language

5.4 (2.4, 5.0)

3.8 (2.2, 5.3)

 Indigenous language

4.7 (2.6, 6.9)

6.3 (4.4, 8.2)

 English

89.8 (86.8, 92.7)

89.8 (87.4, 92.2)

Main caregiver level of education

 Year ten of High School or below

31.5 (27.0, 36.0)

33.8 (30.0, 37.5)

 Year 11 or 12 of High School

26.2 (22.0, 30.5)

30.0 (26.4, 33.6)

 Post School certificate or Advanced diploma

32.3 (27.7, 36.8)

26.8 (23.2, 30.3)

 Graduate degree or above

10.0 (7.0, 13.0)

9.3 (7.0, 11.6)

Level of Relative Isolation

 None

28.3 (24.0, 32.7)

27.4 (24.0, 30.9)

 Low

54.3 (49.5, 59.1)

49.7 (45.8, 53.5)

 Moderate

9.7 (6.8, 12.5)

15.6 (12.7, 18.3)

 High/Extreme

7.5 (4.9, 10.0)

7.2 (5.2, 9.2)