National Child Measurement Programme: Detailed Analysis of the ...
National Child Measurement Programme: Detailed Analysis of the ...
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<strong>National</strong> <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Measurement</strong> <strong>Programme</strong>: <strong>Detailed</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2007/08 Dataset 16Fur<strong>the</strong>r analysis on <strong>the</strong> influence <strong>of</strong> deprivation was also conducted using <strong>the</strong> Income DeprivationAffecting <strong>Child</strong>ren Index (IDACI) score for individual child LSOAs. The IDACI shows <strong>the</strong> percentage <strong>of</strong>children in each LSOA that live in families that are income deprived (i.e. in receipt <strong>of</strong> Income Support,Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Working Families’ Tax Credit or Disabled Person’s Tax Creditbelow a given threshold); this is a less complex measure <strong>of</strong> deprivation than <strong>the</strong> IMD.Logistic regression between IDACI scores and obesity classification indicates a significant relationshipbetween deprivation and <strong>the</strong> likelihood <strong>of</strong> being classified as obese (Table 8).Table 8: Results <strong>of</strong> a logistic regression analysis between obesity and IDACI scores for LSOA <strong>of</strong>child measuredYear Group Sex Number <strong>of</strong>pupilsSlope(Betacoefficient)Standarderror <strong>of</strong>BetaSignificance(p value)OddsRatiosCoefficient <strong>of</strong>determination(R 2 )Reception Male 230065 0.01
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