Multiple risk factors affecting childhood psychosocial dysfunction in primary school Egyptian children

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Association between socio-demographic characteristics of the studied children and CPD

Socio-demographic characteristics		Psychosocial dysfunction				Test	p
		Yes (N = 70)		No (N = 298)		χ^2a
		No.	%	No.	%	χ^2a
Age	6–< 9	29	14.9	166	85.1	4.64	0.03^a
Age	9–12	41	23.7	132	76.3	4.64	0.03^a
Number of sisters and brothers	≤ 2	46	19.7	188	80.3	0.17	0.68
Number of sisters and brothers	> 2	24	17.9	110	82.1	0.17	0.68
Sex	Male	37	25.3	109	74.7	6.28	0.012^a
Sex	Female	33	14.9	189	85.1	6.28	0.012^a
Residence	Urban	37	17.6	173	82.4	0.62	0.43
Residence	Rural	33	20.9	125	79.1	0.62	0.43
Child order	First	23	19.7	94	80.3	3.83	0.15
	Middle	27	15.5	147	84.5
	Last	20	26.0	57	74.0
Social class	Very low	5	8.3	1	81.7	23.8	0.001^a
	Low	27	26.7	74	73.3
	Middle	28	13.7	176	86.3
	High	10	17.5	47	82.5