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Table 5 Townsend scores in responders or non-responders to specific questions

From: Parental compliance - an emerging problem in Liverpool community child health surveys 1991-2006

Question

1991

 

1993

 

1998

 

2006

 
 

R

NR

R

NR

R

NR

R

NR

Sex

5.49

7.50

5.47

5.63

5.23

4.70

5.26

NA

Age

5.50

5.85

5.48

5.68

5.23

5.27

5.26

6.33

Birthweight

5.51

5.29

5.47

5.73

5.25

4.90

5.28

5.18

Child considered healthy

5.50

5.62

5.47

5.58

5.22

5.26

5.28

4.91

Child breast fed

5.50

5.35

5.47

6.09

5.25

4.77

5.29

5.18

Mother employed

5.47

5.82

5.47

5.66

5.20

5.60

5.26

5.45

Father employed

5.42

5.80

5.40

5.83

5.12

5.57

5.38

5.74

Child asthmatic

5.50

5.24

5.28

5.25

5.22

4.70

5.22

6.14

Mother asthmatic

5.64

5.73

5.67

5.78

5.23

5.38

5.27

5.09

Father asthmatic

5.65

5.82

5.56

5.75

5.23

5.70

5.16

5.26

Household smoking

5.51

5.15

5.48

5.08

5.23

5.25

5.25

5.36

Dampness at home

5.58

5.43

5.51

5.29

5.36

5.28

5.28

5.24

Wheeze question

5.83

5.75

5.47

5.66

5.22

5.35

5.26

5.20

Excess cough

5.51

4.85

5.47

5.56

5.22

5.54

5.26

5.20

C+W+B+

6.35

6.42

6.04

6.09

5.23

5.07

5.54

5.21

  1. R: responders.
  2. NR: non-responders
  3. CWB: Symptom triad of cough, wheeze and breathlessness.
  4. NA: Not applicable.