Table 4 Prevalence of socio-demographic characteristics of household respondents
From: Parental compliance - an emerging problem in Liverpool community child health surveys 1991-2006
Study characteristics | 1991 | 1993 | 1998 | 2006 | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean child age | 7.6±1.9(1157) | 7.6±(2217) | 8.1±1.8(1778) | 7.1±2.1(983) | <0.001 |
Townsend quartiles (Upper quartile +4 to +12) | 92.6(1080) | 93.3(2174) | 92.0(1806) | 90.8(657) | 0.409 |
Mean Townsend score | 5.50(1080) | 5.48(2174) | 5.23(1806) | 5.26(657) | 0.552 |
Single parent | NA | NA | 33.7(1862) | 35.9(885) | 0.302 |
Maternal smoking during pregnancy | NA | 36.5(3581) | 34.8(1874) | 28.0(958) | 0.004 |
Paternal smoking during pregnancy | NA | 49.6(2926) | 45.3(1294) | 37.9(763) | <0.001 |
Household smoking | 64.6(1151) | 60.0(2326) | 58.3(1924) | 44.0(944) | <0.001 |
Mother employed | 36.6(1075) | 38.3(2229) | 49.9(1841) | 49.0(986) | 0.001 |
Father employed | 66.4(921) | 60.6(1913) | 73.5(1514) | 59.2(873) | 0.054 |
Duration of residence at present address ≥3 years | 75.9(1171) | 73.1(2368) | 72.4(1022) | 71.9(888) | 0.256 |
Dampness at home | 12.0(1109) | 14.0(2144) | 15.3(1058) | 9.3(868) | 0.323 |