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Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 May 25;67(8):689–695. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202610

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted ORs for having probable and possible developmental delay for children aged 18 months to 5 years old

Unadjusted odds of possible vs unlikely developmental delay Adjusted odds of possible vs unlikely developmental delay Unadjusted odds of probable vs unlikely developmental delay Adjusted odds of probable vs unlikely developmental delay
Child characteristics
Age 1.19 (1.09 to 1.30)*** 1.19 (1.09 to 1.29)*** 1.40 (1.26 to 1.55)*** 1.41 (1.27 to 1.56)***
Sex
 Female 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Male 1.31 (1.07 to 1.61)** 1.35 (1.11 to 1.64)** 1.46 (1.17 to 1.82)** 1.55 (1.23 to 1.94)***
Birth weight
 Normal 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Low 1.59 (1.08 to 2.34)* 1.56 (1.05 to 2.30)* 2.22 (1.55 to 3.19)*** 2.08 (1.49 to 2.90)***
Ethnicity, race and primary household language
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.39 (1.03 to 1.87)* 1.21 (0.88 to 1.67) 2.18 (1.68 to 2.83)*** 1.50 (1.12 to 2.02)**
 Hispanic—English-speaking household 1.31 (0.84 to 2.05) 1.21 (0.80 to 1.85) 1.77 (1.12 to 2.82)* 1.56 (0.98 to 2.49)
 Hispanic—non-English-speaking household 1.77 (1.23 to 2.55)** 1.63 (1.13 to 2.35)** 3.78 (2.64 to 5.40)*** 2.53 (1.75 to 3.66)***
 Non-Hispanic Multiracial 1.06 (0.70 to 1.61) 1.06 (0.69 to 1.61) 1.23 (0.75 to 2.03) 1.13 (0.70 to 1.81)
 Non-Hispanic Other 0.94(0.65 to 1.36) 0.97 (0.66 to 1.43) 2.03 (1.36 to 3.04)** 1.89 (1.27 to 2.82)**
Household characteristics
Household income (decreasing % of poverty level)§ 1.13 (1.03 to 1.24)* 1.03 (0.93 to 1.15) 1.46 (1.33 to 1.61)*** 1.33 (1.19 to 1.49)***
Out of home, non-relative care arrangement
 <10 h/week of out-of-home care by non-relative 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 >10 h/week by daycare center 0.97 (0.78 to 1.20) 0.96 (0.77 to 1.21) 0.96 (0.77 to 1.20) 1.05 (0.84 to 1.33)
 >10 h/week at some other home 1.00 (0.76 to 1.33) 1.10 (0.83 to 1.47) 1.34 (0.83 to 2.17) 1.71 (1.12 to 2.62)*
Current insurance Status
 Non-public 1.00 1.00
 Medicaid/SCHIP 1.32 (1.05 to 1.64)* 2.34 (1.85 to 2.96)***
 Uninsured 1.07 (0.71 to 1.60) 1.63 (1.14 to 2.33)**
Consistency of insurance
 Insured all year 1.00 1.00
 Insured part of year 1.02 (0.70 to 1.48) 0.95 (0.72 to 1.25)
 Uninsured all year 1.24 (0.76 to 2.02) 1.74 (1.05 to 2.88)*
Highest level of parent/ guardian education¶
 More than high school 1.00 1.00
 High school 1.06 (0.83 to 1.36) 1.91 (1.46 to 2.50)
 Less than high school 1.67 (1.09 to 2.55)* 3.52 (2.46 to 5.03)***
Family structure
 Two parent biological/adopted 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Two parent step-family 1.55 (0.75 to 3.24) 1.34 (0.63 to 2.82) 1.37 (0.86 to 2.18) 0.97 (0.57 to 1.66)
 Single mother, no father present 1.37 (1.02 to 1.83)* 1.24 (0.91 to 1.70) 1.52 (1.18 to 1.95)** 1.02 (0.76 to 1.36)
 Other 1.17 (0.73 to 1.88) 1.20 (0.75 to 1.90) 1.55 (1.07 to 2.22)* 1.26 (0.82 to 1.83)
Geographic location
US Census region
 Northeast 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Midwest 1.01 (0.80 to 1.27) 1.03 (0.82 to 1.31) 0.65 (0.50 to 0.85)** 0.71 (0.53 to 0.94)*
 South 1.14 (0.91 to 1.44) 1.11 (0.87 to 1.41) 0.88 (0.69 to 1.14) 0.86 (0.65 to 1.13)
 West 1.16 (0.83 to 1.63) 1.09 (0.78 to 1.53) 0.85 (0.58 to 1.25) 0.72 (0.49 to 1.06)
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
 MSA 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Non-MSA 0.94 (0.77 to 1.14) 0.95 (0.77 to 1.16) 0.77 (0.61 to 0.96)* 0.79 (0.62 to 1.02)
*

p<0.05.

**

p<0.01.

***

p<0.001.

Age groups of 18 months–2 years, 3 years, 4 years and 5 years are treated continuously. Odds represent the odds per increase in age group.

Reference group.

§

Household income (percentage of poverty level) groups of ≤100%, >100–200%, >200–400%, >400% of the poverty level were treated continuously, such that odds greater than 1 represent increased odds of probable or possible delay per decrease in household income group.

Not included in multivariate multinomial regression model.