. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: School Ment Health. 2012 Oct 20;5(2):59–69. doi: 10.1007/s12310-012-9089-6

Table 4.

Mental health service utilization in children with or without MH need reported by mother and teacher; effect of report of any type of MH need on utilization, and comparison of this effect across reporters

	MH need (%)	No MH need (%)	MH need versus No MH need
Mother	31, 27, 32	9,10,10	p < .001
Teacher	20, 11, 15	12,12,12	p = .32
Mother versus teacher	p = .03

Multivariate permutation tests

Note: The three percentages in each cell of the central columns represent MH service utilization corresponding to children with and without each type of MH need; externalizing, internalizing, total problems. Right summary column compares service utilization rates between children with and without any types of MH need as reported by a single informant (test of association between service utilization and MH need). Bottom summary row compares service utilization rates in children with MH need reported by mother versus children with MH need reported by teacher (i.e., test compares associations between service utilization and MH need across reporters). Statistical tests performed using multivariate permutation tests (exact test)