Table 3. Asthma Risk Factors and Children's Asthma Morbidity.
Absenteeism | Hospitalizations | Emergency Department Visits | |||||||
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F | df | p | X2 | df | p | X2 | df | p | |
Asthma Severity | 10.41 | (1,155) | .002 | 2.39 | (1) | .12 | .82 | (1) | .37 |
SES (poor/middle class) | 2.27 | (1/148) | .13 | 9.45 | (1) | .002 | 5.98 | (1) | .014 |
Gender | 5.50 | (1,155) | .02 | 6.75 | (1) | .009 | .01 | (1) | .92 |
Race/Ethnicity | .93 | (2,152) | .40 | 6.63 | (2) | .036 | 4.70 | (2) | .10 |
Notes: F = F statistic (ANOVA), X2 = chi square statistic, df = degrees of freedom, p = significance