Table 4. Behavioral and health characteristics of the children according to household income in minimum wages.
| Questions | Minimum wage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <3 | 3 to 6 | >6 | p-value* | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| Did your financial situation change during the pandemic? | |||||||||
| Improved | 31 | 6.9 | 125 | 42.4 | 40 | 23.3 | <0.001 | ||
| Stayed the same | 149 | 33.2 | 144 | 48.8 | 105 | 61.0 | |||
| Worsened | 269 | 59.1 | 26 | 8.8 | 27 | 15.7 | |||
| Has anyone lost a job since the beginning of the pandemic? | |||||||||
| Yes | 163 | 36.3 | 71 | 24.1 | 19 | 11.0 | <0.001 | ||
| No | 270 | 60.1 | 215 | 72.9 | 151 | 87.8 | |||
| No, self-employed | 16 | 3.6 | 9 | 3.0 | 2 | 1.2 | |||
| Did the child have learning difficulties during the pandemic? | |||||||||
| Yes | 334 | 74.7 | 158 | 53.4 | 79 | 45.1 | <0.001 | ||
| No | 113 | 25.3 | 138 | 46.6 | 96 | 54.9 | |||
| Did the child fail to attend any routine medical appointment? | |||||||||
| Yes | 239 | 53.1 | 121 | 40.7 | 53 | 30.3 | <0.001 | ||
| No | 211 | 46.9 | 176 | 59.3 | 122 | 69.7 | |||
| Did you notice any change in the child’s weight? | |||||||||
| No | 178 | 39.7 | 127 | 42.9 | 93 | 53.1 | 0.034 | ||
| Yes, gained weight | 238 | 53.1 | 150 | 50.7 | 76 | 43.4 | |||
| Yes, lost weight | 32 | 7.1 | 19 | 6.4 | 6 | 3.4 | |||
| How is the sleep quality during this pandemic year? | |||||||||
| Better | 53 | 11.8 | 30 | 10.1 | 12 | 6.9 | <0.001 | ||
| Stayed the same | 218 | 48.4 | 176 | 59.3 | 121 | 69.1 | |||
| Worse | 179 | 39.8 | 91 | 30.6 | 42 | 24.0 | |||
| Did the child fail to attend appointments or interrupt any dental treatment? | |||||||||
| Yes | 148 | 32.9 | 81 | 27.3 | 47 | 26.9 | <0.001 | ||
| No | 239 | 53.1 | 202 | 68.0 | 126 | 72.0 | |||
| No dental follow-up | 63 | 14 | 14 | 4.7 | 2 | 1.1 | |||
Differences in the total number in relation to the reference (n) are due to missing information.
*
chi-square test.