Table 3

Association between age, gender, household SEP, area deprivation, ethnicity and identification of SEN associated with intellectual and developmental disability with a Statement of SEN in English school children aged 7–15 years (N=5 095 504)

	MLD		SLD		PMLD		ASD
	30825.31**		5500.00**		701.44**		13033.03**
Wald χ²(29)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age	1.16**	1.16 to 1.16	1.02**	1.02 to 1.03	0.97**	0.96 to 0.98	0.98**	0.98 to 0.99
Male	2.06**	2.02 to 2.10	1.80**	1.75 to 1.85	1.26**	1.19 to 1.32	5.84**	5.66 to 6.03
FSM eligible	2.60**	2.55 to 2.66	2.45**	2.37 to 2.53	1.81**	1.69 to 1.93	1.36**	1.32 to 1.40
Area deprivation
IDACI d1	2.90**	2.76 to 3.05	1.22**	1.13 to 1.31	0.76**	0.66 to 0.86	0.78**	0.74 to 0.83
IDACI d2	2.82**	2.69 to 2.96	1.30**	1.21 to 1.39	0.82*	0.73 to 0.94	0.91**	0.86 to 0.96
IDACI d3	2.55**	2.43 to 2.67	1.33**	1.24 to 1.43	0.93	0.82 to 1.06	0.97	0.92 to 1.02
IDACI d4	2.27**	2.16 to 2.39	1.23**	1.15 to 1.32	0.90	0.79 to 1.03	0.99	0.94 to 1.04
IDACI d5	1.99**	1.89 to 2.10	1.20**	1.12 to 1.29	0.89	0.78 to 1.01	1.09**	1.04 to 1.15
IDACI d6	1.66**	1.58 to 1.75	1.13*	1.05 to 1.22	0.99	0.87 to 1.13	0.97	0.92 to 1.02
IDACI d7	1.51**	1.43 to 1.59	1.13**	1.05 to 1.22	1.02	0.90 to 1.16	1.02	0.97 to 1.07
IDACI d8	1.33**	1.27 to 1.41	1.07	0.99 to 1.15	0.92	0.80 to 1.04	0.98	0.93 to 1.03
IDACI d9	1.18**	1.12 to 1.25	1.04	0.96 to 1.12	0.90	0.79 to 1.03	1.01	0.96 to 1.07
IDACI d10 (reference)	1.00
Ethnic group
African	0.39**	0.36 to 0.42	1.05	0.96 to 1.14	1.03	0.87 to 1.23	0.10	0.88 to 1.02
Other Asian Background	0.38**	0.33 to 0.42	1.08	0.95 to 1.24	1.20	0.94 to 1.53	0.58**	0.51 to 0.66
Other Black background	0.65**	0.57 to 0.73	1.08	0.90 to 1.30	1.32	0.95 to 1.84	1.17	1.03 to 1.34
Other ethnic group	0.38**	0.34 to 0.42	0.88	0.77 to 1.01	1.18	0.94 to 1.49	0.50**	0.43 to 0.57
Other Mixed Background	0.66**	0.61 to 0.73	1.02	0.90 to 1.16	1.09	0.86 to 1.38	1.19	1.02 to 1.23
Other White background	0.54**	0.51 to 0.58	0.80**	0.72 to 0.88	1.05	0.90 to 1.22	0.74**	0.69 to 0.79
Bangladeshi	0.47**	0.43 to 0.53	1.15	1.02 to 1.30	1.46**	1.18 to 1.80	0.43**	0.38 to 0.51
Caribbean	0.74**	0.69 to 0.79	1.02	0.90 to 1.14	0.91	0.71 to 1.16	0.98	0.90 to 1.07
Chinese	0.36**	0.29 to 0.46	1.05	0.83 to 1.34	1.01	0.63 to 1.60	0.09	0.72 to 1.06
Gypsy/Romany	1.94**	1.68 to 2.24	1.22	0.90 to 1.64	1.21	0.65 to 2.25	0.32**	0.19 to 0.53
Indian	0.55**	0.51 to 0.59	1.02	0.92 to 1.13	1.14	0.95 to 1.36	0.50**	0.45 to 0.55
Irish	0.78**	0.67 to 0.91	0.82	0.63 to 1.06	1.15	0.75 to 1.74	0.92	0.77 to 1.10
Pakistani	0.76**	0.72 to 0.80	1.34**	1.24 to 1.44	2.38**	2.12 to 2.67	0.46**	0.42 to 0.50
Traveller of Irish heritage	1.91**	1.55 to 2.34	1.40	0.94 to 2.10	1.50	0.67 to 3.36	0.23*	0.10 to 0.56
White and Asian	0.60**	0.53 to 0.068	0.89	075 to 1.07	0.98	0.71 to 1.36	0.94	0.83 to 1.08
White and Black African	0.56**	0.48 to 0.67	0.77	0.60 to 1.00	0.95	0.60 to 1.49	0.90	0.75 to 1.09
White and Black Caribbean	0.72**	0.66 to 0.78	0.69**	0.59 to 0.79	0.71	0.53 to 0.94	0.87*	0.78 to 0.96
White British (reference)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00

*p<0.01; **p<0.001.
ASD, autism spectrum disorder; FSM, free school meals; IDACI, Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index; MLD, moderate learning difficulties; PMLD, profound multiple learning difficulties; SEN, special educational needs; SEP, socio-economic position; SLD, severe learning difficulties.