Table 2. Receipt of early intervention (EI) services among children eligible for EI at 24 months, by child age at initial eligibility and child and family risk characteristics.
| Total (n = 1,300) | Eligible as infants (n = 650) | Newly eligible (n = 650) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % EI | CI | % EI | CI | % EI | CI | ||||
| Total sample | 10.6 | (8.1, 13.1) | 28.2 | (22.4, 34.0) | 4.9 | (2.5, 7.3) | |||
| Risk characteristic | |||||||||
| Maternal depressive symptoms at 24 months postpartum | |||||||||
| Yes | 17.6 | (10.3, 24.9) | * | 33.2 | (19.9, 46.4) | 13.0 | (4.6, 21.4) | * | |
| No | 8.7 | (6.2, 11.2) | 27.0 | (20.6, 33.5) | 2.6 | (0.7, 4.6) | |||
| Child risk characteristics | |||||||||
| Birthweight (BW) | |||||||||
| BW ≤1,500 g | 28.0 | (22.8, 33.2) | * | 29.4 | (24.0, 34.8) | 19.0 | (9.3, 28.7) | * | |
| BW 1,500–2,500 g | 20.1 | (12.7, 27.6) | 34.9 | (22.4, 47.5) | 9.6 | (3.4, 7.1) | |||
| BW >2,500 g | 8.2 | (5.6, 10.7) | 26.0 | (17.3, 34.7) | 4.3 | (1.9, 6.7) | |||
| Qualifying medical/genetic condition | |||||||||
| Yes | 31.3 | (13.1, 49.5) | * | 31.3 | (13.0, 49.6) | ||||
| No | 9.4 | (7.0, 11.9) | 27.4 | (21.9, 32.9) | |||||
| Developmental risk | |||||||||
| Bayley motor score** | |||||||||
| >1.5 SD below mean (raw score range 56.4–73.9; 1.5 SD = 7.6 points) | 9.9 | (7.0, 12.7) | 30.1 | (22.1, 38.1) | 4.3 | (1.9, 6.6) | |||
| ≤1.5 SD below mean (raw score >73.9) | 10.0 | (5.2, 14.7) | 20.3 | (12.2, 28.4) | 6.1 | (0.8, 11.4) | |||
| Bayley mental score** | |||||||||
| >1.5 SD below mean (raw score range 92.4–111.1; 1.5 SD = 16 points) | 14.4 | (10.0, 18.8) | * | 38.3 | (28.1, 48.4) | * | 8.0 | (3.9, 12.0) | * |
| ≤1.5 SD below mean (raw score >111.1) | 6.5 | (3.8, 9.2) | 20.0 | (11.4, 28.5) | 1.3 | (0.2, 2.3) | |||
| Health status (parent-rated) | |||||||||
| Fair/poor | 25.2 | (8.3, 42.1) | * | 31.6 | (12.7, 50.4) | 19.7 | (0.1, 39.3) | * | |
| Excellent/very good/good | 10.0 | (7.7, 12.3) | 28.0 | (22.1, 33.8) | 4.4 | (2.3, 6.5) | |||
| Temperament | |||||||||
| Very difficult to raise | 32.1 | (7.9, 56.4) | * | 34.3 | (11.0, 57.6) | 31.2 | (0.0, 64.5) | * | |
| Not at all/not very/average/somewhat difficult to raise | 10.0 | (7.5, 12.50 | 28.0 | (22.1, 33.9) | 4.1 | (1.7, 6.6) | |||
| Maternal and household demographic characteristics | |||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 14.3 | (10.5, 18.2) | * | 34.7 | (25.6, 43.7) | * | 6.3 | (3.3, 9.3) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 4.5 | (2.9, 6.2) | 14.6 | (9.9, 19.3) | 0.7 | (0.0, 2.0) | |||
| Hispanic | 8.2 | (4.3, 12.1) | 23.9 | (12.7, 35.2) | 4.9 | (0.9, 8.9) | |||
| Household SES | |||||||||
| Lowest two quintiles | 9.4 | (6.4, 12.4) | 27.1 | (18.2, 35.9) | 3.7 | (1.1, 6.2) | |||
| Highest three quintiles | 11.7 | (7.4, 16.0) | 29.3 | (21.0, 37.5) | 5.9 | (2.1, 9.8) | |||
| Partner in household | |||||||||
| No | 11.8 | (6.5, 17.0) | 27.7 | (14.3, 41.0) | 7.2 | (1.8, 12.5) | |||
| Yes | 10.2 | (6.8, 13.5) | 28.4 | (20.8, 36.0) | 4.0 | (1.3, 6.8) | |||
| Insurance status | |||||||||
| None or public insurance | 9.0 | (5.9, 12.0) | 24.1 | (16.3, 32.0) | 4.0 | (1.2, 6.8) | |||
| Private insurance | 12.6 | (8.5, 16.7) | 33.4 | (24.4, 42.4) | 5.9 | (1.9, 9.9) | |||
CI confidence interval
Unweighted N's, weighted percentages. All unweighted N's are rounded to the nearest 50 subjects in accordance with the ECLS-B restricted data use license. Numbers may not add to total due to rounding
*
Chi square P value < 0.05
**
Population scaled scores on BSF-R assessment: motor: mean 81.47, standard deviation (SD) 5.07, range 56.43–108.53; mental: mean 127.09, SD 10.65, range 92.35–174.14 (source: Andreassen and Fletcher [33])