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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):328–335. doi: 10.1007/s10995-010-0714-4

Table 2.

Characteristics of in-home population with an injury and in-home population without an injury and rates of injuries in total sample

Any injury (N = 366) Column % (se) No injury (N = 3,074) Column % (se) Injuries in total sample (N = 3,440) Column % (se)
Child characteristics
    Race/ethnicity
        Black, non-Hispanic 19.8 (5.1) 28.8 (3.0) 7.4 (2.1)*
        White, not Hispanic 60.4 (5.6) 44.3 (3.9) 14.8 (1.5)®
        Hispanic 15.1 (3.9) 19.9 (3.0) 8.0 (2.1)
        Other 4.6 (2.5) 7.0 (0.9) 3.6 (3.7)
    Gender
        Male 62.3 (5.6) 48.3 (1.9) 14.1 (1.9)*
        Female 37.7 (5.6) 51.7 (1.9) 8.3 (1.4)®
    Age
        0 4.0 (1.0) 4.9 (0.5) 9.0 (1.8)®
        1–4 26.4 (4.4) 28.6 (1.8) 10.9 (1.8)
        5–9 31.8 (4.8) 36.2 (2.1) 9.8 (2.0)
        10+ 37.8 (4.7) 30.3 (1.3) 13.5 (2.0)
    Insurance coverage
        Medicaid 55.1 (6.4) 61.9 (2.0) 9.7 (1.3)
        Private & champus 33.7 (5.8) 27.3 (1.8) 13.3 (3.0)
        No insurance 11.3 (3.0) 10.8 (1.2) 13.8 (4.0)®
    Chronic disease
        Yes 45.4 (6.0) 25.2 (1.7) 18.5 (3.0)**
        No 54.6 (6.0) 74.8 (1.7) 8.5 (1.2)®
    Disabilities
        Yes 24.3 (4.1) 22.4 (1.7) 11.8 (2.2)
        No 75.7 (4.1) 77.6 (1.7) 11.1 (1.3)®
Caregiver characteristics
    Race/ethnicity
        Black, non-Hispanic 15.4 (5.0) 26.1 (3.2) 6.3 (2.0)**
        White, not Hispanic 64.0 (6.0) 48.9 (3.9) 14.7 (1.4)®
        Hispanic 12.8 (3.2) 17.9 (3.7) 7.7 (2.4)
        Other 7.8 (3.1) 7.1 (1.0) 11.4 (3.9)
    Gender
        Male 10.8 (3.4) 9.0 (0.9) 15.7 (4.8)
        Female 89.2 (3.4) 91.0 (0.9) 10.8 (1.1)®
    Age
        <35 69.0 (4.4) 63.3 (1.7) 12.2 (1.4)®
        35–44 25.5 (4.1) 27.8 (1.5) 10.4 (1.9)
        45–54 5.2 (1.5) 7.2 (1.0) 7.9 (2.3)
        >54 0.3 (0.2) 1.7 (0.4) 2.1 (1.4)
    Marital status
        Married 37.8 (4.6) 29.2 (1.7) 13.2 (2.1)
        Separated/Divorced Widowed/never married 62.2 (4.6) 70.8 (1.7) 10.4 (1.2)®
    CG education
        <High school 29.1 (5.8) 31.1 (2.0) 10.7 (2.5)®
        HS diploma/equivalent 43.9 (5.2) 44.7 (1.6) 11.0 (1.5)
        ≥High school 27.0 (4.7) 24.2 (1.6) 12.3 (2.6)
    Income
        <$10,000 26.2 (5.6) 27.1 (1.7) 10.1 (2.2)®
        $10,000–$19,000 25.2 (4.3) 34.3 (2.0) 8.8 (1.7)
        $20,000–$39,000 29.0 (5.0) 25.8 (1.6) 12.0 (2.8)
        ≥$40,000 19.5 (5.2) 12.9 (1.4) 16.0 (4.9)
    Household members
        1–3 59.8 (5.4) 58.0 (1.9) 11.7 (1.5)®
        4–10 40.2 (5.4) 42.0 (1.9) 10.6 (1.7)
Caregiver/family psychological variables
    Caregiver major depression
        Yes 41.8 (5.1) 21.6 (1.7) 20.6 (3.1)**
        No 58.2 (5.1) 78.4 (1.7) 8.4 (1.0)®
    Intimate partner violence
        No violence 69.6 (6.1) 69.7 (1.9) 10.9 (1.4)®
        Minor physical violence 15.3 (4.9) 12.1 (1.1) 14.0 (4.6)
        Severe physical violence 15.1 (4.8) 18.2 (1.5) 8.8 (3.3)
    Family risk score
        Low (0–2) 47.6 (5.3) 49.0 (2.0) 11.4 (1.9)®
        Middle (3–4) 24.4 (4.0) 26.4 (1.5) 9.2 (1.7)
        High (5+) 28.5 (5.1) 24.6 (1.7) 12.1 (2.1)

In bivariate analyses

®

reference group

*

P < 0.05

**

P < 0.01

*** P < 0.001