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. 2013 Nov 30;8(2):212–221. doi: 10.2185/jrm.2876

Table 1. Prevalence of difficulty in six functional domains by demographic and household characteristics of children.

N Functional domains
Vision Hearing, remembering or concentrating, mobility, self-care, or communication
Total Hearing Remembering
or concentrating
Mobility Self-care Communication
Overall 9882 186 (1.9%) 223 (2.3%) 49 (0.5%) 98 (1.0%) 58 (0.6%) 82 (0.8%) 93 (0.9%)
Sex
Boy 5032 71 (1.4%) 119 (2.4%) 27 (0.5%) 53 (1.1%) 29 (0.6%) 51 (1.0%) 52 (1.0%)
Girl 4850 114 (2.4%) 104 (2.1%) 22 (0.5%) 45 (0.9%) 29 (0.6%) 31 (0.6%) 41 (0.8%)
p=0.002 p=0.459 p=0.614 p=0.539 p=0.849 p=0.047 p=0.328
Age
6-10 3132 33 (1.1%) 89 (2.8%) 16 (0.5%) 33 (1.1%) 12 (0.4%) 44 (1.4%) 31 (1.0%)
11-14 3641 81 (2.2%) 63 (1.7%) 17 (0.5%) 32 (0.9%) 19 (0.5%) 19 (0.5%) 30 (0.8%)
15-17 3109 72 (2.3%) 71 (2.3%) 16 (0.5%) 33 (1.1%) 27 (0.9%) 20 (0.6%) 31 (1.0%)
Trend
p<0.001
Trend
p=0.197
Trend
p=0.909
Trend
p=0.979
Trend
p=0.017
Trend
p=0.003
Trend
p=0.971
Area
Urban 2198 104 (4.7%) 39 (1.8%) 8 (0.4%) 14 (0.6%) 12 (0.6%) 21 (1.0%) 13 (0.6%)
Rural 7684 82 (1.1%) 184 (2.4%) 41 (0.5%) 84 (1.1%) 46 (0.6%) 61 (0.8%) 80 (1.0%)
p<0.001 p=0.090 p=0.271 p=0.066 p=0.814 p=0.484 p=0.044
Household income
1st quintile (lowest) 2542 18 (0.7%) 82 (3.2%) 20 (0.8%) 35 (1.4%) 18 (0.7%) 26 (1.0%) 37 (1.5%)
2nd quintile 2341 28 (1.2%) 60 (2.6%) 15 (0.6%) 30 (1.3%) 19 (0.8%) 19 (0.8%) 26 (1.1%)
3rd quintile 1948 32 (1.7%) 35 (1.8%) 8 (0.4%) 17 (0.9%) 5 (0.2%) 12 (0.6%) 15 (0.8%)
4th quintile 1575 42 (2.7%) 21 (1.4%) 4 (0.3%) 11 (0.7%) 5 (0.3%) 11 (0.7%) 7 (0.4%)
5th quintile (highest) 1474 65 (4.4%) 24 (1.6%) 2 (0.1%) 5 (0.3%) 12 (0.8%) 13 (0.9%) 9 (0.6%)
Trend
p<0.001
Trend
p<0.001
Trendvp<0.001 Trend
p<0.001
Trend
p=0.545
Trend
p=0.503
Trend
p=0.001
Educational attainment of household head
Primary school graduate or none 2779 38 (1.4%) 49 (1.8%) 16 (0.6%) 20 (0.7%) 10 (0.4%) 19 (0.7%) 16 (0.6%)
Lower secondary school graduate 3122 65 (2.1%) 79 (2.5%) 22 (0.7%) 43 (1.4%) 22 (0.7%) 24 (0.8%) 39 (1.3%)
Upper secondary school graduate 1219 44 (3.6%) 19 (1.5%) 2 (0.2%) 6 (0.5%) 7 (0.6%) 11 (0.9%) 2 (0.2%)
Junior college degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher 2761 39 (1.4%) 76 (2.8%) 9 (0.3%) 29 (1.0%) 20 (0.7%) 28 (1.0%) 36 (1.3%)
Trend
p=0.523
Trend
p=0.064
Trend
p=0.054
Trend
p=0.789
Trend
p=0.151
Trend
p=0.116
Trend
p=0.079
Occupation of household head
Leaders, professionals, or staffs in any fields 725 35 (4.8%) 11 (1.6%) 2 (0.3%) 3 (0.4%) 7 (1.0%) 8 (1.1%) 3 (0.4%)
Skilled workers in personal services and sales 245 10 (3.9%) 5 (2.0%) 2 (0.8%) 3 (1.2%) 0 0 2 (0.8%)
Skilled workers in agriculture and fisheries 406 5 (1.2%) 8 (2.0%) 2 (0.5%) 5 (1.2%) 0 (0.1%) 2 (0.4%) 4 (1.0%)
Skilled handicraftsman and other skilled manual workers 1092 38 (3.5%) 18 (1.6%) 3 (0.3%) 10 (0.9%) 5 (0.5%) 6 (0.5%) 5 (0.5%)
Assemblers and machine operators 269 5 (1.9%) 3 (1.0%) 2 (0.7%) 2 (0.7%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%)
Unskilled workers 6360 76 (1.2%) 157 (2.5%) 35 (0.6%) 64 (1.0%) 43 (0.7%) 57 (0.9%) 66 (1.0%)
Armed forces 18 0 1 (4.4%) 0 1 (4.4%) 1 (4.4%) 1 (4.4%) 1 (4.4%)
Not working 767 18 (2.3%) 20 (2.6%) 3 (0.4%) 10 (1.3%) 1 (0.2%) 7 (1.0%) 10 (1.3%)
p<0.001 p=0.402 p=0.719 p=0.582 p=0.104 p=0.442 p=0.226

Data for per capita household income and educational attainment of the household head were missing in 2 cases and 1 case, respectively. The p-values were calculated with logistic regression analyses.