Table 1 Socio-demographics, emotional and behavioral analysis

N (%)

N (%)

χ²

df

p-value

Sex

 Male

627 (49.6)

90 (55.9)

2.31

1

0.13

 Female

684 (50.4)

71 (44.1)

Income

 up to $1000

629 (51.6)

49 (40.2)

7.43

2

0.023

 $1000-$2000

448 (36.8)

51 (41.8)

 more than $2000

141 (11.6)

22 (18.0)

Father education

 Elementary or less

319 (23.8)

23 (14.7)

6.48

2

0.03

 High school or less

815 (60.8)

106 (67.9)

 University or more

207 (15.4)

27 (17.3)

Mother education

 Elementary or less

182 (13.5)

18 (11.3)

0.77

2

0.68

 High school or less

923 (68.7)

111 (69.4)

 University or more

239 (17.8)

31 (19.4)

Father employment

 Employed

1236 (91.2)

148 (91.9)

-

-

-

Mother employment

 Unemployed

971 (72.2)

113 (71.1)

0.08

1

0.77

 Employed

374 (27.8)

46 (28.9)

Any chronic physical illness^a

116 (8.6)

13 (8.1)

0.04

1

0.88

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

t-test

df

p-value

Age

10.53 ± 3.28

10.82 ± 3.18

-1.04

1515

0.29

SDQ emotional Child^b

1.94 ± 2.11

1.53 ± 1.64

1.78

92.23

0.07

SDQ emotional Parent^c

1.80 ± 1.96

1.50 ± 1.78

1.94

208.79

0.053

SDQ hyperactivity Child^b

2.77 ± 2.15

2.72 ± 1.85

0.18

557

0.85

SDQ hyperactivity Parent^c

3.30 ± 2.35

2.98 ± 2.36

1.62

1515

0.10

MFQ Child^d

6.17 ± 7.93

4.62 ± 7.55

2.29

181.93

0.02

MFQ Parent^d

4.72 ± 7.09

2.79 ± 3.73

5.12

288.61

0.00

SCARED Child^d

13.78 ± 12.39

12.46 ± 10.26

1.40

196

0.16

SCARED Parent^d

10.27 ± 10.26

10.95 ± 8.57

-0.29

195.02

0.76