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Table 3 Impact of child emotional and behavioural difficulties on educational outcomes

From: Impact of child emotional and behavioural difficulties on educational outcomes of primary school children in Ethiopia: a population-based cohort study

Exposures

Models

Child EBD at T0

Child EBD at T1

Drop-out at T1 (n = 1662)

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval; CI)

Drop-out at T2 (n = 1293)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Absenteeism at T2 (n = 1130)

Risk ratio (95% CI)

Academic achievement at T2 (n = 1054)

β coefficient (95% CI)

SDQ sub-scales (total scores)

 Emotional problem

Crude

1.05 (0.96, 1.15)

1.06 (0.95, 1.19)

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)**

− 0.11 (− 0.51, 0.30)

Adjusteda

1.03 (0.93, 1.13)

1.01 (0.89, 1.14)

1.03 (1.01, 1.04)**

− 0.13 (− 0.55, 0.31)

 Conduct difficulty

Crude

1.10 (1.00, 1.20)**

1.05 (0.93, 1.18)

0.99 (0.97, 1.00)

− 0.41 (− 0.82, 0.00)**

Adjusteda

1.05 (0.95, 1.16)

1.01 (0.88, 1.16)

1.01 (0.99, 1.02)

− 0.55 (− 1.01, − 0.10)**

 Hyperactivity problem

Crude

1.05 (0.98, 1.12)

0.99 (0.91, 1.09)

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)**

− 0.15 (− 0.46, 0.16)

Adjusteda

1.02 (0.94, 1.10)

0.98 (0.88, 1.109)

1.03 (1.02, 1.04)**

− 0.11 (− 0.45, 0.23)

 Peer relationship problem

Crude

1.03 (0.94, 1.12)

0.99 (0.86, 1.14)

1.00 (0.98, 1.02)

− 0.21 (− 0.67, 0.25)

Adjusteda

1.02 (0.93, 1.12)

0.97 (0.83, 1.13)

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)**

− 0.12 (− 0.63, 0.39)

SDQ full scale

 Total score

Crude

1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

1.01 (0.97, 1.05)

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

− 0.09 (− 0.22, 0.04)

Adjusteda

1.01 (0.97, 1.03)

0.99 (0.95, 1.04)

1.01 (1.01, 1.02)**

− 0.10 (− 0.24, 0.04)

 High score (≥ 14)

Crude

0.87 (0.53, 1.41)

1.48 (0.75, 2.86)

1.23 (1.13, 1.34)**

− 2.44 (− 5.04, − 0.16)

Adjusteda

0.71 (0.41, 1.23)

1.17 (0.56, 2.44)

1.36 (1.24, 1.48)**

− 2.90 (− 5.76, − 0.05)**

  1. T0 assessment time-point 0, T1 assessment time-point 1, T2 assessment time-point 2
  2. ** The association is significant at 95% CI and P value less than 0.05
  3. aMaternal age, marital status, maternal and paternal level of literacy, SES, paternal substance use, negative life event, maternal CMD, child sex, birth order and nutritional status