Table 3. Asthma Risk Factors and Children's Asthma Morbidity.

	Absenteeism			Hospitalizations			Emergency Department Visits
	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