Table 3.
Unadjusted risk for unintentional injuries among children and socioeconomic factors
| Factors | Overall (n=976) | Unintentional injury | P values† | |||||||||||||
| Fall | %* | Burn | %* | Poisoning/ Aspiration |
%* | Drowning | %* | Traffic injury | %* | Others | %* | Total | %* | |||
| (n=117) | (n=47) | (n=12) | (n=6) | (n=7) | (n=12) | (n=201) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family type | p=0.372 | |||||||||||||||
| Two parents | 936 | 112 | 12.0 | 47 | 5.0 | 12 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.6 | 12 | 1.3 | 195 | 20.8 | |
| Single parent | 40 | 5 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15.0 | |
| Age of mother | p=0.635 | |||||||||||||||
| <29 years | 109 | 15 | 13.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.8 | 26 | 23.9 | |
| 30–39 years | 579 | 64 | 11.1 | 28 | 4.8 | 8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.4 | 115 | 19.9 | |
| ≥40 years | 288 | 38 | 13.2 | 14 | 4.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 60 | 20.8 | |
| Age of father | p=0.940 | |||||||||||||||
| <29 years | 68 | 9 | 13.2 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 14 | 20.6 | |
| 30–39 years | 462 | 55 | 11.9 | 22 | 4.8 | 6 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 5 | 1.1 | 93 | 20.1 | |
| ≥40 years | 446 | 53 | 11.9 | 22 | 4.9 | 6 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 5 | 1.1 | 6 | 1.3 | 94 | 21.1 | |
| Education of mother | p=0.160 | |||||||||||||||
| High school | 277 | 33 | 11.9 | 15 | 5.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.4 | 58 | 20.9 | |
| Business technical school or junior college | 351 | 48 | 13.7 | 22 | 6.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 82 | 23.4 | |
| College | 348 | 36 | 10.3 | 10 | 2.9 | 7 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 61 | 17.5 | |
| Education of father | p=0.200 | |||||||||||||||
| High school | 281 | 39 | 13.9 | 20 | 7.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 68 | 24.2 | |
| Business technical school or junior college | 150 | 20 | 13.3 | 6 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 30 | 20.0 | |
| College | 545 | 58 | 10.6 | 21 | 3.9 | 7 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 8 | 1.5 | 103 | 18.9 | |
| Number of children | p=0.138 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 375 | 44 | 11.7 | 11 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 65 | 17.3 | |
| 2 | 447 | 53 | 11.9 | 26 | 5.8 | 7 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.9 | 7 | 1.6 | 101 | 22.6 | |
| ≥3 | 154 | 20 | 13.0 | 10 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 35 | 22.7 | |
| Infant (<1 year old) | p=0.403 | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 170 | 19 | 11.2 | 6 | 3.5 | 3 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 31 | 18.2 | |
| No | 806 | 98 | 12.2 | 41 | 5.1 | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.9 | 11 | 1.4 | 170 | 21.1 | |
| Older siblings (>6 years old) | p=0.330 | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 374 | 47 | 12.6 | 22 | 5.9 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 83 | 22.2 | |
| No | 602 | 70 | 11.6 | 25 | 4.2 | 7 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 8 | 1.3 | 118 | 19.6 | |
| Living with grandmother | p=0.933 | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 128 | 14 | 10.9 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.3 | 26 | 20.3 | |
| No | 848 | 103 | 12.1 | 40 | 4.7 | 12 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.7 | 9 | 1.1 | 175 | 20.6 | |
| Living with grandfather | p=0.466 | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 362 | 47 | 13.0 | 19 | 5.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 1.7 | 79 | 21.8 | |
| No | 614 | 70 | 11.4 | 28 | 4.6 | 8 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 122 | 19.9 | |
| Mother’s employment status | p=0.574 | |||||||||||||||
| Employed | 391 | 52 | 13.3 | 19 | 4.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 84 | 21.5 | |
| Unemployed | 585 | 65 | 11.1 | 28 | 4.8 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.2 | 117 | 20.0 | |
| Father’s employment status | p=0.463 | |||||||||||||||
| Employed | 964 | 114 | 11.8 | 47 | 4.9 | 12 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.6 | 7 | 0.7 | 12 | 1.2 | 198 | 20.5 | |
| Unemployed | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25.0 | |
| Use of sitter, kindergarten or nursery school | p=0.143 | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 197 | 32 | 16.2 | 9 | 4.6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 48 | 24.4 | |
| No | 779 | 85 | 10.9 | 38 | 4.9 | 10 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.8 | 5 | 0.6 | 9 | 1.2 | 153 | 19.6 | |
| Type of housing | p=0.554 | |||||||||||||||
| House | 516 | 66 | 12.8 | 28 | 5.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.6 | 110 | 21.3 | |
| Apartment | 460 | 51 | 11.1 | 19 | 4.1 | 10 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 91 | 19.8 | |
| Annual income | p=0.855 | |||||||||||||||
| <3 million | 117 | 15 | 12.8 | 5 | 4.3 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.7 | 25 | 21.4 | |
| 3–5 million | 366 | 48 | 13.1 | 17 | 4.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 78 | 21.3 | |
| >5 million | 493 | 54 | 11.0 | 25 | 5.1 | 8 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 5 | 1.0 | 98 | 19.9 | |
*The proportion of the number of unintentional injuries to the overall number of each socioeconomic factor.
†The Pearson’s χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test for total number of unintentional injuries.