Predictors of medically attended injuries that occurred in the home in 1990, among children who reported having at least one medically attended injury in 1988 (n=222)
| Risk or sociodemographic factor | Parameter estimate(β) | Standard error | Exponentiation of β (Exp) | 95% Confidence interval for Exp | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The effects of this variable on the 1990 injury outcome were tested in a model that did not include the separate influences of “dark” and “cluttered”. The variables representing dark and cluttered homes were correlated with each other at r=0.2. | |||||
| †Interactions were used to test whether or not the dark and cluttered parameter estimates differed significantly from table 2 to table 3. Results indicated that the effects of “dark” (p=0.004;), “cluttered” (p=0.017), and “dark or cluttered” (p=0.001) on home injuries in 1990 were significantly different between the samples. | |||||
| Note: Those on Medicaid and who were uninsured were referenced against those with private insurance coverage. | |||||
| Child age in years, 1988 | −0.14 | 0.13 | 0.87 | 0.67 to 1.13 | 0.288 |
| Mother has a work limiting health condition, 1988 | −0.88 | 1.32 | 0.42 | 0.03 to 5.48 | 0.505 |
| Mother has completed 12 or more years of school | −0.62 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.18 to 1.60 | 0.264 |
| Birth order of child | 0.33 | 0.27 | 1.39 | 0.83 to 2.35 | 0.214 |
| Ratio of family income to the federally stated poverty level, 1988 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 1.03 | 0.87 to 1.23 | 0.711 |
| Child is white, non-Hispanic | 1.34 | 0.61 | 3.81 | 1.16 to 12.48 | 0.027 |
| Spouse of mother is absent from home, 1988 | −0.23 | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.23 to 2.84 | 0.728 |
| Sex of child (1=male, 2=female) | −0.94 | 0.56 | 0.39 | 0.13 to 1.19 | 0.098 |
| Child insurance costs covered by Medicaid, 1990 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 2.43 | 0.60 to 9.78 | 0.213 |
| Child uninsured, 1990 | −0.66 | 0.93 | 0.52 | 0.08 to 3.22 | 0.480 |
| Child's standardized score on CBCL hyperactive subscale, 1988 | −0.001 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.97 to 1.03 | 0.977 |
| Child's standardized score on CBCL headstrong subscale, 1988 | −0.002 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.97 to 1.03 | 0.884 |
| Interviewer classified child's home as “dark”, 1988 | 1.54 | 0.66 | 4.68 | 1.28 to 17.11† | 0.019 |
| Interviewer classified child's home as “cluttered”, 1988 | 1.46 | 0.70 | 4.31 | 1.09 to 17.11† | 0.038 |
| Interviewer classified child's home as “dark or cluttered”, 1988* | 1.52 | 0.57 | 4.56 | 1.50 to 13.89 | 0.008 |