Table 2 Study population by reports of parental and nurse’s concern regarding child development

n

16,683

16,062

16,236

16,304

12,940

16,120

17,619

19,437

21,085

16,324

Maternal education, n (%)

Elementary

399 (4.2)*

389 (4.0)*

367 (3.8)*

359 (3.6)*

287 (3.5)*

513 (5.4)*

530 (5.5)*

587 (6.0)*

613 (6.2)*

488 (6.0)*

High School

5315 (4.5)*

5229 (4.3)*

5250 (4.2)*

5210 (4.2)*

4203 (4.0)*

5568 (4.7)*

6189 (5.1)*

6763 (5.4)*

7391 (6.0)*

5690 (5.5)*

Tertiary Education

1391 (3.9)*

1312 (3.4)*

1433 (3.4)*

1507 (3.3)*

1339 (3.2)*

1299 (3.7)*

1398 (3.6)*

1700 (4.0)*

1892 (4.2)*

1649 (3.9)*

Academic

4436 (3.5)*

4236 (3.2)*

4318 (3.1)*

4280 (3.0)*

3428 (2.8)*

4113 (3.3)*

4564 (3.4)*

5026 (3.6)*

5450 (3.8)*

4177 (3.4)*

Missing

5142 (3.8)*

4896 (3.6)*

4868 (3.5)*

4948 (3.7)*

3683 (3.2)*

4627 (3.4)*

4938 (3.6)*

5361 (3.9)*

5739 (4.2)*

4320 (3.7)*

Ethnic group, n (%)

Christian Arab

160 (2.6)*

150 (2.3)*

141 (2.2)*

174 (2.7)*

130 (2.4)*

240 (3.8)*

239 (3.7)*

281 (4.3)*

335 (5.3)*

202 (3.8)*

Druze

401 (4.7)*

348 (3.9)*

312 (3.4)*

273 (3.0)*

195 (2.6)*

417 (4.8)*

514 (5.7)*

603 (6.6)*

594 (6.5)*

389 (5.2)*

Jewish

9957 (4.0)*

9403 (3.6)*

9412 (3.5)*

9477 (3.5)*

7549 (3.2)*

8691 (3.5)*

9462 (3.7)*

10,164 (3.8)*

11,228 (4.2)*

8938 (3.8)*

Muslim Arab

3662 (3.9)*

3851 (3.9)*

3780 (3.7)*

3869 (3.9)*

3112 (3.7)*

4330 (4.6)*

4804 (4.8)*

5323 (5.2)*

5663 (5.7)*

4334 (5.1)*

Muslim Bedouin

14 (1.2)*

19 (1.0)*

40 (1.1)*

83 (1.3)*

142 (1.8)*

25 (2.1)*

50 (2.6)*

114 (3.1)*

217 (3.5)*

278 (3.5)*

Other

417 (4.4)*

425 (4.4)*

559 (5.5)*

529 (5.1)*

468 (5.3)*

489 (5.2)*

550 (5.7)*

723 (7.1)*

810 (7.9)*

660 (7.4)*

Missing

2072 (3.8)*

1866 (3.4)*

1992 (3.4)*

1899 (3.5)*

1344 (3.2)*

1928 (3.6)*

2000 (3.7)*

2229 (3.8)*

2238 (4.1)*

1523 (3.7)*

Sex of child, n (%)

Female

6286 (3.1)*

6062 (2.8)*

6010 (2.7)*

5963 (2.7)*

4733 (2.5)*

6350 (3.1)*

6985 (3.3)*

7528 (3.4)*

8178 (3.7)*

6236 (3.3)*

Male

10,397 (4.8)*

10,000 (4.4)*

10,226 (4.4)*

10,341 (4.4)*

8207 (4.0)*

9770 (4.5)*

10,634 (4.7)*

11,909 (5.1)*

12,907 (5.5)*

10,088 (5.0)*

Maternal birth country, n (%)

Ethiopia

213 (3.5)*

223 (3.5)*

246 (3.6)*

275 (3.9)*

228 (3.6)*

315 (5.2)*

378 (6.0)*

409 (5.9)*

549 (7.8)*

453 (7.2)*

FSU

641 (4.6)*

648 (4.3)*

780 (4.7)*

825 (4.9)*

710 (5.0)*

677 (4.9)*

821 (5.4)*

1037 (6.3)*

1154 (6.9)*

985 (7.0)*

Israel

13,244 (3.8)*

13,093 (3.6)*

12,963 (3.5)*

12,967 (3.5)*

10,193 (3.2)*

12,876 (3.7)*

14,172 (3.9)*

15,383 (4.1)*

16,558 (4.5)*

12,649 (4.0)*

Other

1161 (4.6)*

993 (3.9)*

1040 (4.1)*

913 (3.5)*

797 (3.3)*

1020 (4.0)*

1064 (4.2)*

1184 (4.7)*

1258 (4.9)*

1063 (4.5)*

Maternal employment status, n (%)

Employed

6353 (3.8)*

6186 (3.5)*

6549 (3.4)*

6789 (3.3)*

5778 (3.0)*

6018 (3.6)*

6611 (3.7)*

7619 (3.9)*

8745 (4.2)*

7311 (3.9)*

Unemployed

4126 (4.4)*

3992 (4.2)*

3972 (4.1)*

4036 (4.3)*

3209 (4.0)*

4517 (4.8)*

4996 (5.2)*

5509 (5.7)*

5847 (6.2)*

4511 (5.7)*

Student

530 (3.4)*

574 (3.3)*

591 (3.1)*

611 (3.0)*

547 (3.0)*

490 (3.1)*

521 (3.0)*

710 (3.7)*

799 (4.0)*

635 (3.5)*

Other

5674 (3.8)*

5310 (3.6)*

5124 (3.5)*

4868 (3.6)*

3406 (3.2)*

5095 (3.5)*

5491 (3.7)*

5599 (3.9)*

5694 (4.2)*

3867 (3.6)*

Maternal marital status, n (%)

Married

14,432 (3.9)*

14,077 (3.6)*

14,057 (3.5)*

14,030 (3.5)*

10,979 (3.2)*

13,945 (3.8)*

15,347 (4.0)*

16,768 (4.2)*

18,106 (4.5)*

13,984 (4.1)*

Unmarried

560 (4.6)*

542 (4.1)*

660 (4.6)*

687 (4.5)*

629 (4.5)*

625 (5.2)*

703 (5.3)*

834 (5.8)*

1014 (6.6)*

818 (5.9)*

Divorced

283 (5.4)*

277 (5.3)*

297 (5.6)*

298 (6.1)*

213 (5.6)*

264 (5.0)*

315 (6.0)*

399 (7.6)*

359 (7.4)*

272 (7.2)*

Other

1408 (4.1)*

1166 (3.5)*

1222 (3.4)*

1289 (3.4)*

1119 (3.3)*

1286 (3.7)*

1254 (3.8)*

1436 (4.0)*

1606 (4.2)*

1250 (3.6)*

Maternal age, n (%)

 ≤ 20

608 (3.3)*

613 (3.3)

574 (3.1)^₮

579 (3.3)

445 (3.1)*

669 (3.6)*

770 (4.1)*

762 (4.1)*

891 (5.1)*

603 (4.2)*

20–40

15,518 (4.0)*

14,878 (3.7)

15,041 (3.6)^₮

14,985 (3.6)

11,763 (3.3)*

14,895 (3.8)*

16,181 (4.0)*

17,921 (4.3)*

19,222 (4.6)*

14,894 (4.1)*

 > 40

540 (4.6)*

553 (4.3)

556 (4.0)^₮

607 (4.2)

572 (4.4)*

543 (4.6)*

649 (5.0)*

684 (4.9)*

844 (5.8)*

668 (5.1)*

Child’s age at time of estimation, n (%)

0–1

4536 (2.4)*

4226 (2.2)*

3976 (2.0)*

3885 (2.0)*

2730 (1.5)*

5234 (2.8)*

5682 (3.0)*

5871 (3.0)*

6239 (3.2)*

4416 (2.4)*

1–2

5031 (3.0)*

4664 (2.7)*

4592 (2.5)*

4747 (2.6)*

4132 (2.5)*

4909 (2.9)*

5233 (3.0)*

5790 (3.2)*

6483 (3.6)*

5352 (3.2)*

2–3

5315 (5.0)*

4996 (4.5)*

5197 (4.5)*

5179 (4.5)*

4842 (4.6)*

4601 (4.3)*

4828 (4.4)*

5595 (4.9)*

6149 (5.3)*

5445 (5.2)*

3–4

1950 (4.3)*

2205 (4.4)*

2315 (4.3)*

2350 (4.4)*

1216 (5.1)*

1508 (3.3)*

1941 (3.8)*

2139 (4.0)*

2357 (4.5)*

1262 (5.3)*

4–5

495 (5.2)*

532 (4.9)*

619 (5.2)*

617 (5.2)*

476 (4.8)*

341 (3.6)*

445 (4.1)*

542 (4.5)*

495 (4.2)*

418 (4.2)*

5+ 

445 (2.8)*

512 (2.7)*

640 (2.9)*

561 (2.6)*

269 (2.9)*

373 (2.3)*

530 (2.8)*

687 (3.1)*

698 (3.3)*

323 (3.5)*