Table 3.
Unadjusted and adjusted percentage (and 95% confidential intervals) of children developmentally on track in three regions
| Shanghai | Most-developed Region(MDR) | Least-developed Region(LDR) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| Total1 | 86% (85%,87%) | 86% (85%,87%) | 82% (81%,83%) | 82% (81%,83%) | 71% (70%,72%) | 71% (70%,72%) |
| Gender/sex | ||||||
| Male | 84% (83%,85%) | 86% (85%,87%) | 80% (79%,80%) | 79% (77%,81%) | 68% (67%,69%) | 67% (62%,71%) |
| Female | 88% (87%,89%) | 91% (91%,92%) | 85% (84%,86%) | 84% (83%,86%) | 74% (73%,75%) | 73% (69%,77%) |
| Income | ||||||
| Poorest | 76% (74%,78%) | 83% (81%,85%) | 72% (70%,74%) | 77% (74%,79%) | 58% (56%,59%) | 63% (58%,68%) |
| Richest | 93% (92%,94%) | 92% (92%,94%) | 89% (87%,90%) | 86% (85%,88%) | 87% (85%,88%) | 78% (74%,82%) |
| Maternal schooling | ||||||
| Middle school or under | 74% (71%,78%) | 83% (81%,85%) | 74% (72%,75%) | 78% (76%,80%) | 60% (59%,61%) | 65% (61%,70%) |
| College or above | 89% (88%,90%) | 91% (90%,91%) | 89% (88%,90%) | 85% (83%,87%) | 84% (83%,85%) | 75% (70%,80%) |
| Hukou | ||||||
| Rural | Not applicable | Not applicable | 78% (77%,79%) | 81% (79%,82%) | 65% (64%,66%) | 69% (65%,74%) |
| Urban | Not applicable | Not applicable | 0.88 (87%,89%) | 83% (82%,85%) | 0.82 (81%,82%) | 71% (66%,75%) |
| Migrant | ||||||
| Migrant children | 68% (63%,73%) | 85% (82%,89%) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Non-migrant children | 87% (87%,88%) | 89% (88%,90%) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Left-behind | ||||||
| Left-behind children | Not applicable | Not applicable | 67% (62%,74%) | 72% (67%,78%) | 54% (50%,58%) | 61% (56%,65%) |
| Non-left-behind children | Not applicable | Not applicable | 79% (78%,79%) | 79% (77%,81%) | 66% (65%,67%) | 65% (61%,70%) |
Notes:
Difference of total percentage of children developmentally on track is statistically significant with pos-hoc comparison between Shanghai and MDR (P<0.0001), Shanghai and LDR (P<0.0001), MDR and LDR (P<0.0001) at a significance level of .05.