. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2014 Jun;35(5):334–343. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000060

Table 3.

Referral disposition for children across different age ranges with complete screening (n = 664).

	Children < 3 (n = 158) % (n)	Children 3–5 (n = 237) % (n)	Children 6–8 (n = 269) % (n)	χ² (phi)
Any clinically elevated screening	34.8% (55/158)	38.8% (92/237)	20.8% (56/269)	20.99^***
Already connected with services	0.6% (1/158)^a	1.7% (4/237)^a	5.9% (16/269)^b	11.80 (.13)^**
No referral	79.1% (125/158)^a	68.4% (162/237)^b	80.3% (216/269)^a	11.06 (.13)^**
Referral/recommendation	20.3% (32/158)^a	30.0% (71/237)^b	13.8% (37/269)^a	19.97 (.17)^***
Mental health (TA and outside)	8.2% (13/158)^a	19.8% (47/237)^b	13.8% (37/269)^ab	10.42 (.13)^**
Developmental	9.5% (15/158)^a	5.5% (13/237)^a	0% (0/269)^b	23.68 (.19)^***
Other	2.5% (4/158)^a	4.6% (11/237)^a	0% (0/269)^b	12.36 (.14)^**

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001,

Different letters are used to denote differences significant at the p < .05