For the 205 children reporting wheezing in the last 12 months, prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of selected questions related to severity of asthma attacks by age, carer's education and employment status
| Number of attacks of wheezing in the last 12 months? | Sleep disturbance due to wheezing in the last 12 months? | In the last 12 months, has wheezing limited child's speech? | |||
| 1–3 | 4–12 | ≥12 | Ever | Yes | |
| Age yrs | |||||
| 0–4 | 46.8 (38.5–55.1) | 56.3 (39.1–73.4) | 70.0 (41.6–98.4) | 50.8 (41.9–59.8) | 44.2 (29.3–59.0) |
| 5–9 | 26.6 (19.3–34.0) | 18.8 (5.2–32.3) | 10.0 (0–28.6) | 25.0 (17.3–32.7) | 18.6 (7.0–30.2) |
| 10–14 | 17.3 (11.0–23.5) | 18.8 (5.2–32.3) | 10.0 (0–28.6) | 15.8 (9.3–22.4) | 23.3 (10.6–35.9) |
| 15–17 | 9.4 (4.5–14.2) | 6.3 (0–14.6) | 10.0 (0–28.6) | 8.3 (3.4–13.3) | 14.0 (3.6–24.3) |
| p-Value | 0.296 | 0.967 | 0.285 | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 62.6 (54.5–70.6) | 66.7 (50.6–82.8) | 60.0 (29.6–49.4) | 60.0 (51.2–68.8) | 67.4 (53.4–81.4) |
| Female | 37.4 (29.4–45.5) | 33.3 (17.2–49.4) | 40.0 (9.6–70.4) | 40.0 (31.2–48.8) | 32.6 (18.6–46.6) |
| p-Value | 0.954 | 0.242 | 0.546 | ||
| Carer's level of education | |||||
| Not completed high school (no further training) | 17.5 (10.7–24.3) | 16.2 (9.1–23.2) | 17.1 (4.7–29.6) | ||
| Not completed high school (further training) | 10.0 (4.6–15.4) | 24.1 (8.6–39.7) | 30.0 (1.6–58.4) | 14.3 (7.6–21.0) | 20.0 (6.7–33.3) |
| Completed high school or further tertiary training | 72.5 (64.5–80.5) | 75.9 (60.3–91.4) | 70.0 (41.6–98.4) | 69.5 (60.7–78.3) | 62.9 (46.8–78.9) |
| p-Value | 0.017 | 0.838 | 0.397 | ||
| Household employment status | |||||
| Mostly unemployed | 15.1 (9.2–21.1) | 12.1 (1.0–23.3) | 20.0 (0–44.8) | 16.7 (10.0–23.3) | 25.6 (12.5–38.6) |
| Even numbers/excess one adult employed | 35.3 (27.3–43.2) | 42.5 (25.6–59.3) | 10.0 (0–28.6) | 32.5 (24.1–40.9) | 23.3 (10.6–35.9) |
| Mostly employed | 49.6 (41.3–58.0) | 45.5 (28.5–62.4) | 70.0 (41.6–98.4) | 50.8 (41.9–59.8) | 51.2 (36.2–66.1) |
| p-Value | 0.160 | 0.895 | 0.093 | ||
23 subjects answered “not sure”
21 subjects answered “not sure”
13 subjects answered “not sure”
these are not adjusted p-values, because of the very small number in cells logistic regression analysis was not feasible