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Table.2 Prospectively recorded information on harmful environments in childhood and adolescence in the 1958 British birth cohort

From: Adult retrospective report of child abuse and prospective indicators of childhood harm: a population birth cohort study

 

Ascertainment age (reporter)1

1958 cohort variable

N (%)

Impoverished upbringing

 Family contact with any of:

7 years (HV)

Dr. Barnardo’s/other Children’s society

24 (0.32)

7 years (HV)

Children’s department

224 (2.99)

7 years (HV)

National Society/RSS2 for prevention of cruelty to children

68 (0.92)

7 years (HV)

Psychiatric social worker

86 (1.17)

7 years (HV)

Probation officer

105 (1.43)

7 years impoverished upbringing3

393 (5.16)

11 years (P)

Children’s department

145 (1.67)

11 years (P)

Health department

78 (0.90)

11 years (P)

Voluntary services

173 (1.99)

11 years (P)

Criminal services

125 (1.44)

11 years (P)

In care of local authority/voluntary society

220 (2.78)

11 years impoverished upbringing3

573 (6.60)

16 years (P)

Social services

313 (3.69)

16 years (P)

Police probation

254 (2.99)

16 years (P)

Voluntary services

52 (0.61)

16 years impoverished upbringing3

519 (6.11)

7–16 years4

Impoverished upbringing

1166 (12.6)

Hazardous conditions

 

7 years (P)

Concussion/head injury (with unconsciousness)

250 (3.07)

 

7 years (P)

Hospital admission due to home (e.g. burns, scalds,poisoning), traffic or other accident5

110 (1.36)

 

7 years hazardous conditions3

340 (4.16)

 

11 years (P)

3+ hospital admissions

361(4.56)

 

11 years (P)

2+ injuries (unconscious, fractures, wounds, burns)

274 (3.47)

 

11 years hazardous conditions3

607 (7.58)

 

16 years (P)

3+ hospital admissions due to accident6

414 (4.73)

 

7–16 years4

Hazardous conditions7

912 (10.0)

Participant’s anti-social behaviours

 

7 years (HV)

Contact with school welfare/attendance officer

208 (2.89)

 

7 years (P)

Destroys own/other’s belonging8

205 (2.52)

 

7 years (P)

Disobedient at home9

283 (3.47)

 

7 years (P)

Fights with other children8

412 (5.08)

 

7 years anti-social behaviours3

894 (10.9)

 

11 years (P)

Destroys other’s belongings8

69 (0.87)

 

11 years (P)

Disobedient at home9

186 (2.33)

 

11 years (P)

Fights with other children8

290 (3.68)

 

11 years anti-social behaviours3

479 (6.00)

 

16 years (P)

Contact with educational welfare

347 (4.09)

 

16 years (P)

Contact with police probation

426 (5.02)

 

16 years (P)

Destroys own/other’s property8

28 (0.40)

 

16 years (P)

Disobedient9

130 (1.85)

 

16 years (P)

Fights/extremely quarrelsome with other children8

97 (1.38)

 

16 years anti-social behaviours3

846 (9.97)

 

7–16 years4

Anti-social behaviours

1830 (19.8)

Parent-child relationship

 
 

16 years (S)

Poor parent-child relationship10

757 (10.5)

Any harmful childhood environment

 

7–16 years

0

5735 (61.9)

  

1

2543 (27.5)

  

2

839 (9.06)

  

3/4

144 (1.55)

  1. N varies from 7018 (16 years fights/extremely quarrelsome with other children) to 8747 (16 years 3+ hospital admissions due to accident) due to missing data
  2. 1Parent (P), health visitor (HV), S (self-report)
  3. 2Royal Scottish Society
  4. 3Within domain (impoverished upbringing, hazardous conditions or anti-social behaviours) classification of having 1+ item at 7 years, 11 years or 16 years
  5. 4Within domain problem at 7 years or 11 years or 16 years
  6. 52+ different reasons why admitted to hospital
  7. 6If 16 years hospital data was missing, filled in with 11 years data
  8. 7Childhood hazardous conditions 7–16 years refers to participants with 7 years hazardous conditions or 2+ listed injuries by 11 years or 3+ hospital admissions by 16 years
  9. 8Frequently at 7 years/11 years; certainly applies at 16 years
  10. 9Frequently at 7 years/11 years; often at 16 years
  11. 10Answered very untrue or untrue to questions on getting on well with either their mother or father