Table 2.
Distribution of risks and outcomes in those with observed and imputed data
| Complete cases | Analytic sample (n=4983×25) |
Imputation-only sample* | ||
| n | % (or M) | |||
| Outcomes | ||||
| NAPLAN EYL score reading year 3 | 2986 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| NAPLAN EYL score reading year 5 | 3931 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| NAPLAN EYL score reading year 7 | 3721 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| NAPLAN EYL score reading year 9 | 3129 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 |
| Risks | ||||
| Low school readiness | 4880 | 15.9% | 16.1% | 24.6% |
| Low non-verbal intelligence | 4561 | 14.6% | 14.8% | 17.1% |
| Low receptive vocabulary | 4317 | 16.3% | 16.4% | 17.7% |
| Low task attentiveness | 3402 | 15.7% | 16.9% | 19.4% |
| Behavioural problems at school | 4447 | 9.8% | 10.0% | 11.1% |
| Poor school attendance | 4447 | 14.9% | 15.1% | 16.8% |
| Low maternal education | 4939 | 49.1% | 49.1% | 56.7% |
| Low family income | 4663 | 19.3% | 19.4% | 19.9% |
| Child Indigeneity | 4981 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 0% |
| School-area disadvantage | 4166 | 17.4% | 18.4% | 23.6% |
*The imputation-only sample are those cases for whom values are imputed. This varies in size from n=2 (missing indigenous status data) to n=1997 (missing year 3 NAPLAN data).
EYL, Equivalent Year Level; NAPLAN, National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy.