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Table 4 Mutlivariate regression analyses based on socioeconomic stratification

From: Social inequalities in early childhood language development during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive study with data from three consecutive school entry surveys in Germany

  

Socioeconomic position index

  

High

Middle

Low

2019/2020a

 

N

%Delay

N

%Delay

N

%Delay

  

9,948

13.7

8,416

21.4

1,552

42.5

Multivariate logistic regression

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

 

Language[other (mb)]

2.90***(2.26–3.69)

2.43***(1.81–3.23)

0.66* (0.47–0.91)

 

Kindergarten[≥4 yrs]

0.70***(0.60–0.81)

0.79***(0.69–0.90)

0.75**(0.61–0.93)

  

R2 Tjur

R2 Tjur

R2 Tjur

  

0.026

0.021

0.030

2020/2021b

 

N

%Delay

N

%Delay

N

%Delay

  

10,231

13.0

8,019

21.7

1,448

43.4

Multivariate logistic regression

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

 

Language[other (mb)]

2.52***(1.97–3.20)

2.27***(1.71–3.00)

1.13 (0.83–1.55)

 

Kindergarten[≥4 yrs]

0.78* (0.63–0.96)

0.81* (0.68–0.98)

1.03 (0.81–1.32)

  

R2 Tjur

R2 Tjur

R2 Tjur

  

0.022

0.019

0.013

  1. Analyses adjusted for age, sex and bilingual language; As the variable 'kindergarten' was operationalised differently in 2018/2019 (survey I) than in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, survey I was not considered valid for the stratified analyses
  2. mb migration background, N sample size, Ref reference, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, yrs years * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
  3. a 2019/2020 considered children: n = 19,916
  4. b 2020/2021 considered children: n = 19,698