Table 3.
Prevalence of Children Described as Very Characteristic or Entirely Characteristic for Well-Being Variables by Public Safety Personnel Type and Relationship Between Well-Being Variables and Public Safety Personnel Type.
| Correctional Workers | Public Safety Communicators (e.g., Call Center Operators/ Dispatchers) |
Firefighters | Paramedics | Municipal/ Provincial Police |
RCMP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) AOR (95% CI) |
% (n) AOR (95% CI) |
% (n) AOR (95% CI) |
% (n) AOR (95% CI) |
% (n) AOR (95% CI) |
% (n) AOR (95% CI) |
|
| Appears unhappy | 6.3 (27) 1 |
5.8 (7) 0.99 (0.42,2.33) |
6.8 (36) 1.13 (0.67,1.90) |
5.9 (23) 1.03 (0.58,1.83) |
6.6 (71) 1.14 (0.72,1.81) |
6.9 (64) 1.20 (0.75,1.91) |
| Appears worried and/or fearful | 10.6 (45) 1 |
10.1 (12) 1.03 (0.52,2.02) b |
5.5 (29) 0.51 (0.32,0.83) a |
10.5 (41) 1.12 (0.71,1.75) b |
10.5 (41) 0.68 (0.46,1.00) a |
6.8 (73) 1.03 (0.70,1.50) b |
| Is disobedient and/or easily becomes angry | 12.6 (54) 1 |
13.3 (16) 1.06 (0.58,1.93) a |
8.0 (42) 0.60 * (0.39,0.91) a,b |
10.2 (40) 0.78 (0.51,1.21) a |
6.3 (67) 0.46 *** (0.31,0.67) b |
9.2 (86) 0.70 (0.48,1.00) a |
| Is always “on the go” and/or is easily distracted | 23.7 (101) 1 |
24.2 (29) 0.99 (0.61,1.59) |
21.8 (115) 0.88 (0.65,1.19) |
21.5 (84) 0.83 (0.60,1.16) |
18.3 (197) 0.69 ** (0.53,0.91) |
21.7 (202) 0.85 (0.64,1.11) |
| Appears to have few friends | 10.5 (45) 1 |
14.2 (17) 1.49 (0.82,2.72) a |
8.7 (46) 0.84 (0.54,1.30) a |
9.5 (37) 0.96 (0.61,1.53) a |
10.6 (114) 1.08 (0.75,1.55) a |
14.5 (135) 1.55 * (1.08,2.23) b |
| Is sensitive to other people’s feelings and needs | 53.5 (228) 1 |
60.0 (72) 1.31 (0.87,1.98) |
56.5 (298) 1.13 (0.88,1.47) |
55.2 (216) 1.08 (0.82,1.42) |
57.9 (621) 1.20 (0.96,1.51) |
54.2 (506) 1.04 (0.82,1.31) |
Note: AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio for Children’s age; Different lettered superscripts indicate categories of public safety officers that are significantly different from one another at p ≤ 0.05 (e.g., groups with a are statistically significantly different from groups with b). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 indicate statistically significant differences from reference group (i.e., Correctional Workers).