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. 2023 Oct 19;23:521. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04335-0

Table 2.

Odds of having developmental delay among children aged 1- < 6 years according to the sociodemographic characteristics

Socio-demographic parameters
N  = 21,316
Gross Motor
(GM)
N (%)
412 (1.9)
Fine Motor-adaptive (FMA)
N (%)
435 (2)
Language
(L)
N (%)
904 (4.2)
Personal-Social (PS)
N (%)
681 (3.2)
Children with at least one delay
N (%)
1365 (6.4)
Locality
Urban ( n  = 9707) 209 (2.2) 225 (2.3) 476 (4.9) 349 (3.6) 699 (7.2)
Rural ( n  = 11,609) 203 (1.7) 210 (1.8) 428 (3.7) 332 (2.9) 666 (5.7)

Odds (CI)

 OR urban vs. rural

1.24

(1.02–1.50)*

1.29

(1.07–1.56)*

1.35

(1.18–1.54)*

1.27

(1.09–1.48)**

1.28

(1.14–1.42)**

Social class
Low ( n  = 6924) 118 (1.7) 115 (1.7) 314 (4.3) 187 (2.7) 379 (5.5)
Middle ( n  = 7093) 170 (2.4) 176 (2.5) 347 (4.9) 298 (4.2) 562 (7.9)
High ( n  = 7299) 124 (1.7) 144 (2) 314 (4.3) 196 (2.7) 424 (5.8)
OR middle vs. low

1.42

(1.12–1.80)*

1.51

(1.19–1.91)*

1.41

(1.196–1.67)*

1.58

(1.31–1.90)**

1.49

(1.30–1.70)**

OR middle vs. high

1.421

(1.13–1.80)*

1.26

(1.01–1.58)*

1.14

(0.98–1.34)

1.59

(1.32–1.91)**

1.40

(1.23–1.59)**

OR low vs. high

1.003

0.78–1.29

.839

0.66–1.08

.81

0.68–0.96

1.01

0.82–1.23

0.94

0.81–1.08

Geographical distribution
Cities ( n  = 3264) 91 (2.8) 79 (2.4) 216 (6.6) 149 (4.6) 313 (9.6)
Lower Egypt ( n  = 7921) 112 (1.4) 160 (2) 324 (4.1) 271 (3.4) 520 (6.6)
Upper Egypt ( n  = 7705) 168 (2.2) 149 (1.9) 282 (3.7) 210 (2.7) 418 (5.4)
Frontier ( n  = 2426) 41 (1.7) 47 (1.9) 82 (3.4) 51 (2.1) 114 (4.7)
OR lower Egypt vs. cities

0.50

(0.38–0.66)**

0.83

(0.63–1.09)

.60

(0.50–0.72)

0.74

(0.60–0.91)**

0.66

(0.57–0.77)**

OR upper Egypt vs. cities

0.78

(0.60–1.01)

0.80

(0.60–1.05)

0.54

(0.45–0.64)

0.59

(0.47-.0.73)**

0.54

(0.46–0.63)**

OR frontiers vs. cities

0.599

(0.41–0.87)

0.80

(0.55–1.15)

0.49

(0.38–0.64)

0.45

(0.33–0.62)**

0.47

(0.37–0.58)**

OR lower Egypt vs. frontiers

0.83

(0.58–1.97)

1.04

(0.75–1.45)

1.22

(0.95–1.56)

1.65

(1.22–2.23)**

1.43

(1.16–1.75)**

OR upper Egypt vs. frontiers

1.297

(0.92–1.83)

0.998

(0.72–1.39)

1.09

(0.85–1.395)

1.30

(0.96–1.78)

1.16

(0.94–1.44)

* p-value significant at < 0.05

** p-value highly sig at < 0.01