Table 5.

Predictors of abnormal scores on the SDQ total difficulties scale and subscales by child, family and area characteristics

	Total difficulties	Emotional	Hyperactivity	Conduct	Peer relations
Health board	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Glasgow	−0.10	−0.13	0.15	−0.24	0.17
Other	-	-	-	-	-
Multiple deprivation (SIMD)	NS	NS	**	**	NS
5 – Least deprived			−0.51	−0.68
4			−0.54	−0.60
3			−0.27	−0.31
2			−0.18	−0.25
1 – Most deprived			-	-
Ethnicity	*	NS	NS	NS	*
White	−0.70				−0.97
Non-White	-				-
Mother’s education	**	**	**	NS	NS
No qualifications	0.91	1.15	0.31
Other	0.85	2.62	0.38
Lower standard grade or equivalent	0.80	0.26	0.56
Higher standard grades or equivalent	0.48	0.87	0.47
Higher grades or equivalent	−0.05	−0.21	0.01
Degree or higher	-	-	-
Equivalised income	**	NS	NS	**	**
Bottom Quintile (<£11, 875)	1.64			0.94	1.02
2nd Quintile	1.16			0.44	0.97
3rd Quintile	0.51			0.24	−0.05
4th Quintile	0.68			0.02	−0.07
Top Quintile (> = £37,500)	-			-	-
Household employment status	NS	NS	**	NS	NS
1+ Parent Work Full-time (16+ hours)			−0.32
1+ Parent Work Part-time (<16 hours)			−0.46
No work			-
Household socio-economic classification (NS-SEC)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Managerial and professional
Intermediate
Small employers and own accounts workers
Lower supervisory and technical
Semi-routine and routine
Never worked
Child sex	**	NS	*	**	*
Male	0.64		0.54	0.23	0.47
Female	-		-	-	-
Age of mother at birth of child	NS	NS	**	NS	NS
20 years or under			1.37
21 to 30 years			1.10
31 to 40 years			0.76
Over 40 years			-
Family status	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Couple family
Lone parent
R 2 (Nagelkerke)	0.11	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.05
Base	3716	3739	3924	3776	3768

*p<0.05, ** p<0.01.