Table 1

Frequency of risk factors for childhood unintentional injury (%)

Risk factor	Frequency (%)
Four or more children	55 (6.7)
Single parent	89 (10.8)
Teenage mother	114 (13.9)
Non-owner occupation	231 (28.1)
Lack of access to car	149 (18.1)
Receipt of means tested benefits	246 (29.9)
Overcrowding1-150	64 (7.8)
Ethnic group non-white	52 (6.3)
Residence in deprived area1-151	94 (11.4)
Previous medically attended unintentional injury	42 (5.1)
Unemployment:
One parent unemployed in two parent family	73 (8.9)
Single parent or both parents in two parent family unemployed	22 (2.7)

↵1-150 Overcrowding defined as more than one person per room excluding bathrooms and kitchens less than 2 m wide.
↵1-151 Residence in a deprived area defined as living in a ward with a Jarman score in the most deprived quartile of scores for all respondents (Jarman score 36.48 to 51.1).