Table 5.
External validity: GEDI domain scores and odds ratiosx by selected characteristics
| n/N (%)b) | aOR# [95% CI] | |
|---|---|---|
| German as a second language | ||
| yes | 15/34 (44.1) | 3.22a) [1.38, 7.50] |
| no | 41/157 (26.1) | 1 |
| n within lowest 10th percentile / N full sample (%) | 56 / 191 (29.3) | |
| Immigrant status | ||
| yes | 12/30 (40) | 2.59a) [1.06, 6.34] |
| no | 43/159 (27.0) | 1 |
| n within lowest 10th percentile / N full sample (%) | 55 / 189** (28.8) | |
| Age | ||
| 3 years | 24/58 (41.4) | 3.22a) [1.07, 9.71] |
| 4 years | 21/60 (35) | 2.71 [.90, 8.19] |
| 5 years | 6/43 (13.95) | 0.77 [.21, 2.83] |
| 6 years | 5/30 (16.67) | 1 |
| n within lowest 10th percentile / N full sample (%) | 56 / 191 (29.3) | |
| Sex | ||
| male | 98/191 | 1 |
| female | 93/191 | 0.74#[0.37, 1.48] |
| n within lowest 10th percentile / N full sample (%) | 56 / 191 (29.3) | |
| SES-Index1 | ||
| low | 2/5 (40.0) | 2.60 [.32, 21.34] |
| middle | 28/94 (29.8) | 1.28 [.63, 2.57] |
| high | 20/77 (26.0) | 1 |
| n within lowest 10th percentile / N full sample (%) | 50 / 176* (28.4) | |
xfor preschool children scoring in the lowest 10th percentile in at least one of the five domains
1SES-Index: Components included net family income (dividing the sum of net income through the sum of the family’s members’ weighting), maternal education, and parental employment, each component can take values up to seven, and the total SES-Index ranges between 3 and 21 and is categorized as follows: low: 3–8, medium: 9–14, high: 15–21
*16 of 191 children were missing data from the parental survey
** Two children provided no data for this variable
a) p < 0.05; b) using 10%-cut-offs calculated using the study sample of the GEDI; # adjusted for age