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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2017 Apr 7;104:122–131. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.024

Table 3.

Child behavioral problems within borderline and clinical ranges among cohorts [%(n)]

Cohort Assessment n Overall problems
Hyperactivity/inattention problems
Emotional problemsa
borderline/clinical range clinical range borderline/clinical range clinical range borderline/clinical range clinical range



Netherlands SDQ 2,420 3.2 (77) 1.5 (36) 7.9 (192) 4.4 (107) 4.0 (97) 2.1 (50)
Denmark SDQ 50,039 6.3 (3,141) 3.0 (1,511) 8.6 (4,312) 5.1 (2,555) 13.9 (6,945) 7.4 (3,706)
Spain SDQ 1,205 16.9 (204) 8.5 (103) 25.1 (302) 15.5 (187) 18.3 (220) 9.9 (119)
Norway CBCLb 29,720 7.0 (2,080) 2. 0 (594) 7.0 (2,080) 2. 0 (594) 7.0 (1,136) 2.0 (324)
Korea CBCL 500 8.0 (40) 3.6 (18) 7.2 (36) 2.0 (10) 9.6 (48) 1.8 (9)



Total 6.6 (5,542) 2.7 (2,262) 8.3 (6,922) 4.1 (3,453) 12.0 (8,446) 6.0 (4,208)

Abbreviations: CBCL, child behavior checklist; SDQ, strength and difficulties questionnaire.

a

Norway cohort collected this subscale only for subset of n=16,229.

b

Norway cohort administered adapted version of CBCL