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. 2020 Oct 16;15(10):e0240681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240681

Table 2. Prevalence of mental disorders for the different independent variables among children by sex.

  Boys (n(%)) Girls (n(%))
  n % 95%CI p-value n % 95%CI p-value
Father as health card holder 30,598 (12.74)   20,166 (8.95)  
Age                
    6–10 15,961 13.08 12.89 to 13.27 <0.001 9,462 8.28 8.12 to 8.44 <0.001
    11–15 14,637 12.38 12.19 to 12.57 10,704 9.64 9.47 to 9.81
Father's nationality                
    Locals 24,973 13.80 13.64 to 13.96 <0.001 16,663 9.76 9.62 to 9.90 <0.001
    Foreigners 5,625 9.49 9.26 to 9.73 3,503 6.43 6.22 to 6.64
Father's socioeconomic status                
    Disadvantaged population 2,292 14.80 14.25 to 15.37 <0.001 1,519 10.39 9.90 to 10.90 <0.001
    Annual income <18.000 16,495 12.56 12.39 to 12.75 10,945 9.02 8.85 to 9.18
    Annual income 18.000–100.000 11,534 12.88 12.67 to 13.11 7,524 8.81 8.62 to 9.00
    Annual income >100.000 277 6.96 6.19 to 7.80 178 4.62 3.98 to 5.33
Mental disorders in the father                
    No 21,594 11.35 11.20 to 11.49 <0.001 13,957 7.81 7.69 to 7.94 <0.001
    Yes 9,004 18.03 17.69 to 18.37 6,209 13.30 13.00 to 13.61
Mother as health card holder 32,096 (13.60) 21,042 (9.41)
Age
    6–10 16,361 13.59 13.40 to 13.79 0.950 9,706 8.59 8.43 to 8.76 <0.001
    11–15 15,735 13.60 13.40 to 13.80 11,336 10.24 10.06 to 10.42
Mother's nationality            
    Locals 29,379 14.06 13.91 to 14.21 <0.001 19,150 9.66 9.53 to 9.79 <0.001
    Foreigners 2,717 10.06 9.70 to 10.42 1,892 7.46 7.14 to 7.79
Mother's socioeconomic status            
    Disadvantaged population 2,354 21.15 20.40 to 21.92 <0.001 1,670 15.84 15.15 to 16.55 <0.001
    Annual income <18.000 19,971 14.71 14.52 to 14.90 13,377 10.35 10.19 to 10.52
    Annual income 18.000–100.000 9,654 11.06 10.85 to 11.27 5,926 7.21 7.03 to 7.39
    Annual income >100.000 117 6.26 5.20 to 7.46 69 3.97 3.11 to 5.00
Mental disorders in the mother            
    No 18,186 10.62 10.47 to 10.76 <0.001 11,560 7.11 6.99 to 7.24 <0.001
    Yes 13,910 21.48 21.17 to 21.80 9,482 15.52 15.23 to 15.81

CI: Confidence Interval.

p-value from Chi-square test comparing the presence and absence of mental disorders in children.

Disadvantaged population: People who received an economical subsidy and those exempt from pharmaceutical co-payment.