Table 1 Sociodemographic of cases and controls
From: Screen time and speech and language delay in children aged 12–48 months in UAE: a case–control study
Group | Case | Control | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N = 277 | N = 277 | |
Child characteristics | |||
Age (months) | |||
12–24 | 84 (37%) | 84 (37%) | |
25–36 | 82 (36.1%) | 82 (36.1%) | 1.000 |
37–48 | 61 (26.9%) | 61 (26.9%) | |
Gender | |||
Female | 104 (45.8%) | 104 (45.8%) | 1.000 |
Male | 123 (54.2%) | 123 (54.2%) | |
Number of children | |||
1 | 52 (22.9%) | 62 (27.3%) | |
2–4 | 149 (65.6%) | 139 (61.2%) | 0.542 |
> 4 | 26 (11.5%) | 26 (11.5%) | |
Nationality | |||
UAE national | 112 (49.3%) | 86 (37.9%) | |
Non-UAE national Arab | 80 (35.2%) | 65 (28.6%) | < 0.001 |
Non-UAE national non-Arab | 35 (15.4%) | 76 (33.5%) | |
Parental characteristics | |||
Marital status | |||
Married | 213 (93.8%) | 226 (99.6%) | < 0.001 |
Divorced/separated/widow | 14 (6.2%) | 0.1 (0.4%) | |
Mother education level | |||
Intermediate | 6 (2.6%) | 0.1 (0.4%) | |
High school | 53 (23.3%) | 44 (19.4%) | 0.083 |
Diploma/bachelor | 154 (67.8%) | 159 (70%) | |
Master/PhD | |||
Father education level | |||
Intermediate | 6 (2.6%) | 6 (2.6%) | |
High school | 46 (20.3%) | 57 (25.1%) | |
Diploma/bachelor | 115 (50.7%) | 134 (59%) | 0.006 |
Master/PhD | 60 (26.4%) | 30 (13.2%) | |
Mother employment | |||
Employed | 102 (44.9%) | 108 (47.6%) | |
Nonemployed | 123 (54.2%) | 116 (51.1%) | 0.750 |
Self-employed | 0.2 (0.9%) | 0.3 (1.3%) | |