Characteristics of mothers who had Talking Together Screening
| Maternal data | Included in analysis (n=712) | Excluded from analysis* (n=315) | Did not have screening (n=1458) |
| Age at screening (years), mean (SD) | 31.52 (5.44) | 32.38 (5.42) | NA |
| Age at BiBBS baseline questionnaire (years), mean (SD) | 29.42 (5.43) | 30.26 (5.43) | 29.10 (5.49) |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 | |||
| Most deprived, n (%) | 593 (83.29) | 253 (80.03) | 1193 (81.82) |
| Second most deprived, n (%) | 102 (14.33) | 53 (16.83) | 179 (12.28) |
| Third most deprived, n (%) | 12 (1.69) | 5 (1.59) | 26 (1.78) |
| Fourth most deprived, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.07) |
| Fifth most deprived, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.14) |
| Missing, n (%) | 5 (0.70) | 4 (1.27) | 57 (3.91) |
| Self-reported financial security | |||
| Comfortable, n (%) | 243 (34.13) | 104 (33.02) | 482 (33.06) |
| Doing alright, n (%) | 281 (49.47) | 114 (36.19) | 556 (38.13) |
| Just getting by, n (%) | 108 (15.17) | 53 (16.83) | 220 (15.09) |
| Finding it quite difficult, n (%) | 31 (4.35) | 19 (6.03) | 69 (4.73) |
| Finding it very difficult, n (%) | 7 (0.98) | 6 (1.90) | 27 (1.85) |
| Missing, n (%) | 42 (5.90) | 19 (6.03) | 104 (7.13) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Pakistani heritage, n (%) | 477 (66.99) | 211 (66.98) | 803 (55.08) |
| White British, n (%) | 68 (9.55) | 26 (8.25) | 190 (13.03) |
| Central/Eastern European, n (%) | 17 (2.39) | 7 (2.22) | 56 (3.84) |
| Other,† n (%) | 143 (20.08) | 66 (20.95) | 355 (24.35) |
| Missing, n (%) | 7 (0.98) | 5 (1.59) | 54 (3.70) |
| Education | |||
| Degree or equivalent, n (%) | 228 (32.02) | 78 (24.76) | 419 (28.74) |
| A Levels or equivalent, n (%) | 87 (12.22) | 25 (7.94) | 162 (11.11) |
| GCSEs or equivalent, n (%) | 299 (41.99) | 133 (42.22) | 596 (40.88) |
| No qualifications, n (%) | 53 (7.44) | 43 (13.65) | 123 (8.44) |
| Missing/other/don’t know, n (%) | 45 (6.32) | 36 (11.43) | 158 (10.84) |
| Native language | |||
| English, n (%) | 204 (28.65) | 64 (20.32) | 414 (28.40) |
| Bilingual including English, n (%) | 203 (28.51) | 60 (19.05) | 373 (25.58) |
| Bilingual not including English, n (%) | 33 (4.63) | 22 (6.98) | 58 (3.98) |
| Non-English, n (%) | 244 (34.27) | 146 (46.35) | 507 (34.77) |
| Missing, n (%) | 28 (3.93) | 23 (7.30) | 106 (7.27) |
| Confidence in speaking English | |||
| Very well, n (%) | 170 (23.88) | 67 (21.27) | 198 (13.58) |
| Quite well, n (%) | 75 (10.53) | 21 (6.67) | 85 (5.83) |
| Some, n (%) | 47 (6.60) | 22 (6.98) | 58 (3.98) |
| A little bit, n (%) | 53 (7.44) | 43 (13.65) | 80 (5.49) |
| Not at all, n (%) | 5 (0.70) | 12 (3.81) | 12 (0.82) |
| Missing, n (%) | 362 (14.57) | 150 (6.04) | 1025 (70.30) |
| Confidence in understanding English | |||
| Very well, n (%) | 210 (29.49) | 80 (25.40) | 325 (22.29) |
| Quite well, n (%) | 113 (15.8) | 43 (13.65) | 154 (10.56) |
| Some, n (%) | 50 (7.02) | 41 (13.02) | 106 (7.27) |
| A little bit, n (%) | 56 (7.87) | 53 (16.83) | 173 (11.87) |
| Not at all, n (%) | 2 (0.28) | 12 (3.81) | 9 (0.62) |
| Missing, n (%) | 281 (39.47) | 86 (27.30) | 691 (47.39) |
*Excluded due to either CDI-S missing, discontinued before completion, non-English CDI-S collected, or screening language not recorded; see Figure 1 for further breakdown.
†Includes African, Bangladeshi, Caribbean, Indian, mixed ethnic groups.
BiBBS, Born in Bradford’s Better Start; CDI-S, Communicative Development Inventory: Short; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; NA, not available.