| White British | N = 383 | Bangladeshi | N = 517 | |
| SDQ 2nd case | Phase | SDQ 2nd case | Phase | |
| Yes (N = 57) | No (N = 326) | Yes (N = 61) | No (N = 456) | |
| N (%)§ | N (%)§ | N (%)§ | N (%)§ | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 27 (50) | 171 (52.9) | 30 (48.4) | 252 (55.4) |
| Female | 30 (50) | 155 (47.1) | 31 (51.6) | 204 (44.7) |
| Age | ||||
| Mean | 13 | 13 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Range | 11.3 to 14.6 | 11.3 to 14.8 | 11.5 to 14.8 | 11.5 to 14.8 |
| Social support | ||||
| Mean | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Range | 1.8 to 7 | 1 to 7 | 1 to 7 | 1 to 7 |
| No of rooms | ||||
| Mean | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Range | 2 to 9 | 1 to 11 | 2 to 10 | 1 to 11 |
| Eligibility for free school meals | ||||
| Yes | 27 (50.6) | 98 (31.5)‡ | 41 (77.3) | 266 (65)† |
| No | 26 (49.4) | 211 (68.6) | 13 (22.7) | 144 (35) |
| Year group | ||||
| 7 | 34 (60) | 176 (53.4) | 34 (56.5) | 214 (46)* |
| 9 | 23 (40) | 150 (46.6) | 27 (43.5) | 242 (35) |
| Car ownership | ||||
| Yes | 41 (72.9) | 238 (72.8) | 36 (41.3) | 281 (62.8) |
| No | 16 (27.1) | 87 (27.2) | 25 (58.6) | 175 (38.2) |
| Place of birth | ||||
| UK | 56 (98.4) | 319 (98.4) | 45 (75.4) | 361 (80) |
| Outside | 1 (1.6) | 5 (1.5) | 15 (24.7) | 93 (20) |
| Religion | ||||
| None | 18 (32.8) | 122 (37) | 0 | 30 (0.8) |
| Christian | 34 (5.9) | 182 (56.9) | 0 | 0 |
| Muslim | 0 | 4 (1.3) | 60 (100) | 452 (99.2) |
| Other | 5 (8.3) | 17 (4.8) | 0 | 1 (0) |
| SDQ case 1st phase | ||||
| Yes | 11 (18.8) | 22 (7)† | 13 (20.5) | 23 (5.3)‡ |
| No | 45 (81.2) | 298 (93) | 48 (79.5) | 429 (94.7) |
| Friendship choices 1st phase | ||||
| Integrated | 20 (40.9) | 123 (40.6) | 14 (27.2) | 103 (25.7) |
| Traditional | 17 (31.9) | 87 (29.8) | 22 (44.5) | 213 (53.6) |
| Assimilated | 8 (15.8) | 43 (14.8) | 5 (11) | 26 (6.1) |
| Marginalised | 6 (11.5) | 47 (15.7) | 9 (17.3) | 61 (14.6) |
| Clothing choices 1st phase | ||||
| Integrated | 5 (10.9) | 81 (27)‡ | 13 (27.7) | 97 (24.7)† |
| Traditional | 21 (38.9) | 110 (36.6) | 4 (7) | 92 (22.5) |
| Assilimated | 5 (9.8) | 11 (3.9) | 13 (26.1) | 67 (16.9) |
| Marginalised | 21 (41.1) | 97 (32.5) | 19 (11.9) | 149 (35.8) |
SDQ, Strengths and difficulties questionnaire.
*p<0.1, †p<0.05, ‡p<0.01.
§Percentages are for number of cases/total number of subjects with complete data for each variable, for each ethnic group separately.