Table 4.

Odds of having developmental delay among children aged 1- < 6 years according to parental 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)
Mother’s Education
1. Illiterate/ below high school (n = 8150)	204 (2.5)	200 (2.5)	380 (4.7)	291 (3.6)	579 (7.1)
2.High School (n = 9432)	151 (1.6)	183 (1.9)	391 (4.1)	294 (3.1)	593 (6.3)
3.University or higher (n = 3622)	50 (1.4)	46 (1.3)	122 (3.4)	89 (2.5)	181 (5)
COR 2 vs. 3   CI	1.54 (1.11–1.97) *	1.23 (0.97–1.63)	1.19 (0.81–1.74)	1.28 (1.00–1.62) *	1.28 (1.08–1.51) **
COR 2 vs. 1   CI	0.79 (0.64–0.96) *	.92 (0.77–1.10)	0.69 (0.54–0.89) *	0.87 (0.74–1.02)	0.88 (0.78–0.99) *
COR 3 vs. 1   CI	0.51 (0.37–0.71) **	0.73 (0.56–0.95) *	0.58 (0.40–0.85) **	0.68 (0.53–0.87) **	0.69 (0.58–0.82) **
Father’s Education
1.Illiterate/ below high school (n = 7129)	192 (2.7)	195 (2.7)	361 (5.1)	273 (3.8)	538 (7.6)
2.High School (n = 9867)	165 (1.7)	174 (1.8)	394 (4)	301 (3.1)	613 (6.2)
3.University or higher (n = 3449)	39 (1.1)	42 (1.2)	99 (2.9)	73 (2.1)	152 (4.4)
COR 2 vs. 3   CI	1.49 (1.05–2.11) *	1.46 (1.04–2.04) *	1.41 (1.13–1.76) *	1.46 (1.12–1.88) **	1.44 (1.20–1.72) **
COR 2 vs. 1   CI	0.61 (0.50–0.76) *	0.64 (0.52–0.79) *	0.78 (0.67–0.90) *	0.79 (0.67–0.93) **	0.81 (0.72–0.92) **
COR 3 vs. 1   CI	0.41 (0.29–0.58) **	0.44 (0.31–0.61)**	0.55 (0.44–0.70) *	0.54 (0.42–0.71) **	0.57 (0.47–0.68) **
Mother’ s work
1. Employed (n = 2976)	47 (1.6)	58 (1.9)	134 (4.5)	87 (2.9)	186 (6.3)
2. unemployed (n = 18,225)	357 (2)	371 (2)	759 (4.2)	587 (3.2)	1167 (6.4)
COR 2 vs. 1   CI	1.25 (0.92–1.69)	1.05 (0.79–1.38)	.922 (0.76–1.11)	.48 (0.22–1.05)	1.03 (0.88–1.20)

^* p-value significant at < 0.05

^** p-value highly sig at < 0.01