Predictors of medically attended injuries that occurred in the home in 1990, among children who did not have any reported medically attended injuries in 1988 (n=1814)
| Risk or sociodemographic factor | Parameter estimate(β) | Standard error | Expomentiation 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. | |||||
| Child age in years, 1988 | −0.04 | 0.06 | 0.96 | 0.86 to 1.07 | 0.481 |
| Mother has a work limiting health condition, 1988 | 0.60 | 0.36 | 1.82 | 0.90 to 3.66 | 0.094 |
| Mother has completed 12 or more years of school | −0.07 | 0.26 | 0.93 | 0.56 to 1.54 | 0.774 |
| Birth order of child | 0.13 | 0.14 | 1.14 | 0.87 to 1.49 | 0.348 |
| Ratio of family income to the federally stated poverty level, 1988 | −0.003 | 0.04 | 1.00 | 0.92 to 1.08 | 0.930 |
| Child is white, non-Hispanic | 0.71 | 0.24 | 2.04 | 1.28 to 3.25 | 0.003 |
| Spouse of mother is absent from home, 1988 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 1.02 | 0.60 to 1.73 | 0.954 |
| Sex of child (1=male, 2=female) | −0.45 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.41 to 0.99 | 0.045 |
| Child insurance costs covered by Medicaid, 1990 | −0.69 | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.23 to 1.07 | 0.076 |
| Child uninsured, 1990 | −0.86 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.19 to 0.95 | 0.037 |
| Child's standardized score on CBCL hyperactive subscale, 1988 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.99 to 1.02 | 0.882 |
| Child's standardized score on CBCL headstrong subscale, 1988 | 0.004 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.99 to 1.02 | 0.607 |
| Interviewer classified child's home as “dark”, 1988 | −0.10 | 0.43 | 0.90 | 0.39 to 2.10 | 0.811 |
| Interviewer classified child's home as “cluttered”, 1988 | 0.091 | 0.30 | 1.09 | 0.61 to 1.96 | 0.761 |
| Interviewer classified child's home as “dark or cluttered”, 1988* | −0.010 | 0.27 | 0.99 | 0.58 to 1.69 | 0.971 |