Table 1 Child sociodemographic factors and other covariates* between Roma and non-Roma in Romania (N = 995) and Bulgaria (N = 1,377)*
From: Mental health disparities between Roma and non-Roma children in Romania and Bulgaria
ROMANIA | BULGARIA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roma (n =70) | Non-Roma (n =925) | p-value | Roma (n =65) | Non-Roma (n =1312) | p-value | ||
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||||
Gender | Male | 48.6% (34) | 52.9% (489) | 0.4879 | 53.2% (33) | 51.4% (699) | 0.7737 |
Female | 51.4% (36) | 47.1% (436) | 46.8% (29) | 48.6% (662) | |||
Average Age | 8.7 | 8.7 | 0.6886 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 0.2438 | |
Mother’s Age | Under 35 | 70.8% (46) | 54.4% (477) | 0.0274 | N/A** | N/A** | N/A** |
35-40 | 15.4% (10) | 29.0% (254) | |||||
Over 40 | 13.9% (9) | 16.7% (146) | |||||
Father’s Age | Under 35 | 60.0% (30) | 38.3% (303) | 0.0086 | N/A** | N/A** | N/A** |
35-40 | 26.0% (13) | 35.9% (284) | |||||
Over 40 | 14.0% (7) | 25.8% (204) | |||||
Mother’s smoking Status | Never | 41.0% (25) | 72.1% (641) | <0.0001 | N/A** | N/A** | N/A** |
Occasional | 37.7% (23) | 17.2% (153) | |||||
Current | 21.3% (13) | 10.7% (95) | |||||
Mother’s Education | < Secondary | 60.8% (31) | 9.2% (76) | <0.0001 | N/A** | N/A** | N/A** |
Secondary | 33.3% (17) | 50.5% (416) | |||||
> Secondary | 5.9% (3) | 40.3% (332) | |||||