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. 2008 Aug 19;8:293. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-293

Table 4.

Logistic regression analyses of the adjusted association between the selected risk factors and the outcome measure psychopathology probable. The OR is adjusted for the effect of sex

Risk factors Psychopathology probable Adjusted OR (95% CI) P*
(n/N) (%)
4–16-year-old children (a)

Length of stay
0–12 months (4/35) 11.4 1.0
13–91 months (82/211) 38.9 5.5 (1.8–16.3) 0.002
Number of relocations
0–3 relocations (9/47) 19.1 1.0
4–13 relocations (77/199) 38.7 3.0 (1.4 – 6.7) 0.006

11–16-year-old children (b)

Length of stay
0–12 months (1/16) 6.3 1.0
13–91 months (61/91) 67.0 30 (3.8 – 237) 0.001
Number of relocations
0–3 relocations (4/18) 22.2 1.0
4–13 relocations (58/89) 65.2 6.7 (2.0 – 22.2) 0.002

(a) Based on teacher-responded SDQs for the 4–16-year-old children.

(b) Based on teacher-responded SDQs for the 11–16-year-old children and the self-reported SDQs for the 11–16-year-olds.

* A Wald significance-test at a 5% level was used.