Table 13.6

SDQ score, by minority ethnic group

Aged 4-15							1999
SDQ score	Minority ethnic group						General population (1997)
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Boys
Observed %
Total Deviance Score
0-13	74	68	68	72	79	81	78
13-16	13	17	10	16	11	11	10
17-40	14	15	22	13	11	8	12
Emotional Symptoms Score
0-3	83	79	67	78	81	86	82
4	5	6	11	11	6	8	8
5-10	13	15	22	11	14	5	11
Conduct Problems Score
0-2	62	67	69	66	72	73	70
3	18	17	11	19	11	11	14
4-10	20	16	21	15	17	17	17
Hyperactivity Score
0-5	67	73	76	78	75	67	72
6	12	9	13	8	8	10	10
7-10	21	19	11	15	17	24	17
Peer Problems Score
0-2	74	62	59	56	72	78	72
3	13	15	16	20	13	12	12
4-10	13	24	26	24	15	10	16
Prosocial Behaviour Score
6-10	92	87	85	70	78	93	85
5	5	8	10	14	13	5	9
0-4	2	4	5	16	8	2	6
Risk ratios
Total Deviance Score (17-40)	1.12	1.23	1.81	1.03	0.89	0.68	1
Standard error	0.22	0.24	0.26	0.22	0.26	0.18
Emotional Symptoms Score (5-10)	1.16	1.40	2.01	1.01	1.36	0.50	1
Standard error	0.24	0.27	0.29	0.23	0.34	0.16
Conduct Problems Score (4-10)	1.19	0.95	1.20	0.89	1.08	0.99	1
Standard error	0.19	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.23	0.17
Hyperactivity Score (7-10)	1.17	1.07	0.61	0.85	1.04	1.37	1
Standard error	0.18	0.18	0.13	0.16	0.23	0.20
Peer Problems Score (4-10)	0.82	1.48	1.63	1.52	0.99	0.64	1
Standard error	0.16	0.22	0.20	0.22	0.23	0.15
Prosocial Behaviour Score (0-4)	0.43	0.79	0.94	2.79	1.45	0.39	1
Standard error	0.21	0.29	0.29	0.54	0.50	0.20
Girls
Observed %
Total Deviance Score
0-13	76	73	74	70	84	81	84
13-16	12	11	9	18	8	5	9
17-40	12	16	17	12	8	14	8
Emotional Symptoms Score
0-3	71	58	65	67	77	70	78
4	12	21	9	13	8	15	9
5-10	18	21	26	20	15	15	13
Conduct Problems Score
0-2	75	73	71	74	70	72	77
3	13	13	13	10	12	10	11
4-10	12	15	16	16	18	18	12
Hyperactivity Score
0-5	79	81	87	73	82	88	84
6	10	8	7	21	14	4	8
7-10	11	11	7	6	4	8	9
Peer Problems Score
0-2	75	64	66	46	72	81	77
3	10	20	14	27	17	10	11
4-10	16	16	20	27	11	9	12
Prosocial Behaviour Score
6-10	93	92	93	75	79	94	92
5	6	3	4	12	15	4	5
0-4	2	5	3	13	6	2	2
Risk ratios
Total Deviance Score (17-40)	1.54	2.08	2.20	1.53	1.03	1.74	1
Standard error	0.32	0.43	0.36	0.35	0.38	0.35
Emotional Symptoms Score (5-10)	1.38	1.66	2.06	1.58	1.19	1.21	1
Standard error	0.23	0.29	0.26	0.27	0.31	0.22
Conduct Problems Score (4-10)	1.02	1.26	1.33	1.37	1.57	1.55	1
Standard error	0.21	0.27	0.22	0.27	0.37	0.26
Hyperactivity Score (7-10)	1.28	1.30	0.76	0.73	0.51	0.90	1
Standard error	0.28	0.33	0.21	0.24	0.26	0.24
Peer Problems Score (4-10)	1.35	1.34	1.70	2.38	0.98	0.80	1
Standard error	0.24	0.28	0.25	0.34	0.30	0.19
Prosocial Behaviour Score (0-4)	0.75	1.88	1.40	5.35	2.36	0.89	1
Standard error	0.41	0.77	0.54	1.28	1.07	0.46
Bases (weighted):
Boys	121	173	128	45	30	588	a
Girls	129	136	135	41	29	630	a
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	174	163	204	171	98	168	2843
Girls	189	133	208	148	84	174	2862

^a The 1997 general population data are weighted according to the weighting scheme for that year's survey. Weighted bases are not shown because they do not follow the 1999 weighting scheme.

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