Table 2.
Characteristics of social indicators of child wellbeing.
Variable | Mean | Median | 95% Range | Min–Max | Missing (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SES score | 0.046 | 0.21 | −2.63–1.83 | −8.19–2.93 | 0.0 |
Children living in families on welfare (%) | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.0–22.9 | 0.0–62.5 | 0.2 |
Delinquent youth (%) | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.0–7.7 | 0.0–50.0 | 0.2 |
Unemployed youth (%) | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0–5.8 | 0.0–19.2 | 0.2 |
Child social services involved (%) | 10.2 | 10.3 | 4.0–15.0 | 0.0–51.6 | 0.0 |
Teenage mothers (%) | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0–3.1 | 0.0–11.1 | 0.2 |
Single parents (%) | 12.0 | 11.0 | 0.0–33.3 | 0.0–37.5 | 0.0 |
Reported and confirmed child abuse (%) | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.0–13.3 | 0.2 |
Children with a handicap (%) | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.0–5.0 | 0.0–37.5 | 0.1 |
School drop-outs (%) | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.0–8.2 | 0.0–40.0 | 0.2 |
Disadvantaged pupils (%) | 14.9 | 10.8 | 0.0–58.2 | 0.0–98.2 | 0.2 |
Children in special education (%) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.0–5.9 | 0.0–57.1 | 0.0 |
Children participating in sport clubs (%) | 43.2 | 43.8 | 17.4–66.2 | 0.0–93.3 | 0.0 |
n = 3558, neighbourhoods with missing SES scores (n = 7) were excluded. Data is presented as mean, median score, 95% range, minimum and maximum and percentage of missing data.