Table 1.

Summary of findings of population-based studies of common child mental health problems/disorders

Ethnic group	No. populations	Mental health problems/disorders relative to White/White British/'general population' children
		Evidence of fewer problems	Mixture of evidence of fewer problems/no evidence of difference	No evidence of a difference	Mixture of evidence of more problems/no evidence of difference	Evidence of more problems
White Irish	2	0	0	1	1	0
White minority (unspecified)	2	0	0	1	1	0
Mixed race	5	0	0	4 (?+1)	0	0
Black Caribbean	11	0	1	6	1 (?+1)	1 (?+1)
Black African	6 (in 5 papers)	3	2	1	0	0
'Black'	4	1	0	2	0	0 (?+1)
Indian	12	7 (?+1)	0	2	2	0
Pakistani	6	0 (?+1)	0	4	1	0
Bangladeshi	6	0	1	5	0	0
'South Asian'	5	1	1 (?+1)	1	0 (?+1)	0
Chinese	2	0	1	1	0	0
Orthodox Jewish	1	0	1	0	0	0

Notes: All differences significant at the 5% level, except for those shown in parentheses (e.g. '(?+1)') where the significance level for the specific contrast was not reported and where the study is therefore grouped by its apparent trend. Not all studies are independent, as some compare children from several minority ethnic groups to the same White 'reference' group.