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. 2017 Dec 8;16:212. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0691-y

Table 4.

Associations of socioeconomic factors with suspected developmental delay

Developmental delaya Developmental delayb
OR (95%CI) P-value OR (95%CI) P-value
Household
 Region (Guizhou vs. Shanxi) 1.53 (1.28, 1.83) <0.001 1.13 (0.92, 1.39) 0.241
 Single-child family (Yes vs. No) 0.93 (0.78, 1.11) 0.419
 Per capita net income (1000 CNY) 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) <0.001 0.97 (0.95, 0.99) 0.024
Caregiver
 Age (year) 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) 0.210
 Gender (Male vs. Female) 1.01 (0.79, 1.30) 0.920
 Role (Mother vs. Not mother) 0.96 (0.77, 1.20) 0.699
 Education (Middle school or above vs. Primary school or below) 0.80 (0.66, 0.96) 0.020 0.84 (0.67, 1.04) 0.105
 Depression (Yes vs. No) 2.04 (1.71, 2.45) <0.001 2.30 (1.89, 2.81) <0.001
Child
 Age (month) 0.94 (0.93, 0.95) <0.001 0.94 (0.93, 0.95) <0.001
 Gender (Male vs. Female) 1.20 (1.00, 1.43) 0.049 1.21 (1.00, 1.47) 0.053
 Stunting (Yes vs. No) 1.25 (0.97, 1.61) 0.090 1.32 (1.01, 1.75) 0.048
 Wasting (Yes vs. No) 1.81 (1.13, 2.91) 0.010 1.49 (0.90, 2.47) 0.121
 Learning material (Yes vs. No) 0.30 (0.22, 0.40) <0.001 0.53 (0.38, 0.73) <0.001
 Support for learning (Yes vs. No) 0.42 (0.33, 0.53) <0.001 0.67 (0.51, 0.87) 0.003

aUnivariate analysis; bMultivariate analysis