Table 3. Characteristics of children with and without a disability in the GUI dataseta.
| Variables | Disability group (n = 1304) | TD peers (n = 6211) | P valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Gender | P<.001 | ||||
| Male | 730 | 21.50% | 2949 | 78.50% | |
| Female | 575 | 16.69% | 2361 | 83.32% | |
| SESc | P<.001 | ||||
| Professional | 169 | 7.83% | 1009 | 11.79% | |
| Managerial | 477 | 27.86% | 2535 | 35.55% | |
| Non-manual | 217 | 16.28% | 1169 | 19.35% | |
| Skilled manual | 200 | 18.91% | 688 | 13.63% | |
| Semi-skilled manual | 98 | 11.51% | 449 | 9.73% | |
| Unskilled | 22 | 2.59% | 60 | 1.62% | |
| Income | P<.001 | ||||
| Lowest | 225 | 25.29% | 852 | 19.84% | |
| 2nd | 236 | 21.36% | 947 | 20.21% | |
| 3rd | 223 | 20.05% | 1088 | 19.44% | |
| 4th | 227 | 19.7% | 1340 | 20.33% | |
| Highest | 241 | 13.50% | 1509 | 20.14% | |
| Lone parent family | 56 | 8.73% | 329 | 8.46% | P = 0.72 |
| Chronic health condition | |||||
| Child | 340 | 28.44% | 424 | 7% | P<.001 |
| Parent | 307 | 25.05% | 1023 | 17.31% | P<.001 |
| DEISd school | 223 | 25.06% | 770 | 16.60% | P<.001 |
| Views of school | P<.001 | ||||
| I like it very much | 355 | 24.57% | 1956 | 29.57% | |
| I like it quite a bit | 388 | 28.72% | 2074 | 33.1% | |
| I like it a bit | 365 | 31.63% | 1513 | 25.55% | |
| I don’t like it very much | 105 | 9.55% | 429 | 7.94% | |
| I hate it | 47 | 4.87% | 132 | 2.87% | |
| I don’t know | 11 | .62% | 51 | .94% | |
| Number of episodes of bullying | 224 | 18.39% | 495 | 8.40% | p<.001 |
a Chi–squared tests were used to compare differences in proportions across the groups;
b P values have been rounded to 3 decimal places as per journal convention; TD = typically-developing;
c a further category whereby “no class” could be assigned based on occupation has been omitted so percentages do not add up to 100%;
d DEIS is a school recognised as part of national government programme as serving an area of social disadvantage.