Symptoms in the past month: self reports by children; reports by parents about their children; child:parent ratio
| Children’s reports (%) | Parents’ reports (%) | Child:parent ratio | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | p value | Boys | Girls | p value | Boys | Girls | |||
| Physical | ||||||||||
| Stomach ache or sickness | 56.6 | 65.6 | < 0.001 | 32.9 | 40.7 | < 0.001 | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| Cold or flu | 51.8 | 62.8 | < 0.001 | 41.8 | 46.0 | 0.05 | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| Headache | 47.9 | 57.6 | < 0.001 | 34.7 | 45.0 | < 0.001 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| Aching back, legs or arms | 38.7 | 33.0 | 0.003 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 0.99 | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| Spots, rashes, skin problems | 20.6 | 30.6 | < 0.001 | 14.3 | 22.4 | < 0.001 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| Felt dizzy or faint | 20.7 | 17.7 | 0.06 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 0.001 | 3.4 | 1.8 | ||
| Asthma or wheezy chest | 18.7 | 15.1 | 0.02 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 0.007 | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| Malaise | ||||||||||
| Nervous, worried or anxious | 38.7 | 44.8 | 0.002 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 0.53 | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| Irritable or bad tempered | 43.2 | 37.7 | 0.004 | 30.5 | 35.2 | 0.02 | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| Difficulty getting to sleep | 38.2 | 35.8 | 0.21 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 0.17 | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| Been sad, unhappy or low | 33.0 | 36.7 | 0.04 | 18.2 | 22.6 | 0.01 | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||