Table 2.
Characteristics of children rated high risk for strengths and difficulties subscales, 2014–2016
| SDQ subscale§ | Sex | Indigenous status* | Socioeconomic status† | Body mass index‡ | |||||||||
| Male | Female | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | Not indigenous | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Underweight | Healthy weight | Overweight | Obese | |
| Number (per cent) | |||||||||||||
| Total difficulties | 471 (6.1) | 238 (3.3) | 43 (12.5) | 663 (4.6) | 179 (6.8) | 165 (5.7) | 132 (4.2) | 130 (4.6) | 87 (3.1) | 35 (4.2) | 495 (4.5) | 79 (4.6) | 41 (8.1) |
| Emotional difficulties | 473 (6.2) | 442 (6.1) | 41 (11.9) | 871 (6.0) | 204 (7.7) | 196 (6.8) | 177 (5.6) | 153 (5.4) | 158 (5.7) | 52 (6.2) | 662 (6.1) | 100 (5.8) | 53 (10.5) |
| Conduct problems | 626 (8.2) | 393 (5.5) | 42 (12.2) | 976 (6.7) | 234 (8.8) | 228 (7.9) | 198 (6.3) | 172 (6.0) | 157 (5.6) | 35 (4.2) | 726 (6.6) | 135 (7.8) | 40 (7.9) |
| Hyperactivity/inattention | 827 (10.8) | 405 (5.6) | 59 (17.2) | 1167 (8.1) | 275 (10.4) | 276 (9.6) | 219 (7.0) | 217 (7.6) | 203 (7.3) | 57 (6.8) | 880 (8.1) | 145 (8.4) | 52 (10.3) |
| Peer problems | 77 (1.0) | 24 (0.3) | n.p. | n.p. | 22 (0.8) | 21 (0.7) | 20 (0.6) | 22 (0.8) | 13 (0.5) | 10 (1.2) | 59 (0.5) | 16 (0.9) | 6 (1.2) |
| Prosocial | 296 (3.9) | 125 (1.7) | 15 (4.4) | 405 (2.8) | 80 (3.0) | 73 (2.5) | 95 (3.0) | 90 (3.1) | 68 (2.4) | 26 (3.1) | 299 (2.7) | 44 (2.5) | 17 (3.4) |
n.p., not published due to small cell size.
*Excludes children for whom Indigenous status was not available.
†Socioeconomic status based on ACT quintiles of relative disadvantage from IRSD at SA1 level. Q1—most disadvantaged; Q5—least disadvantaged. Excludes children for whom socioeconomic status was not available.
‡Excludes those for whom body mass index not available.
§Each category excludes those children for which the reported measure is not available.
ACT, Australian Capital Territory; IRSD, Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage; SA1, Statistical Area Level 1; SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire .