Characteristics of children who had Talking Together Screening
| Child data | Included in analysis (n=712) | Excluded from analysis* (n=315) | Did not have screening (n=1458) |
| Age at screening (years), mean (SD) | 2.10 (0.11) | 2.13 (0.15) | NA |
| Sex, m:f (% m: % f) | 344:368 (48:52) | 175:139 (56:44) | 718:735 (49:51) |
| Missing, n (%) | 1 (0.14) | 1 (0.32) | 5 (0.34) |
| Gestation (weeks), mean (SD) | 39.36 (1.84) | 39.22 (2.08) | 39.31 (1.91) |
| Prematurity (<37 weeks), n (%) | 26 (3.65) | 21 (6.67) | 76 (5.21) |
| Low birth weight (<2.5 kg), n (%) | 68 (9.55) | 35 (11.11) | 148 (10.15) |
| Ethnicity† | |||
| Pakistani heritage, n (%) | 435 (61.10) | 198 (62.86) | NA |
| White British, n (%) | 47 (6.60) | 18 (5.71) | NA |
| White Other, n (%) | 26 (3.65) | 10 (3.17) | NA |
| Other‡, n (%) | 135 (18.96) | 56 (17.78) | NA |
| Missing, n (%) | 27 (3.79) | 12 (3.81) | NA |
*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.
†As child ethnicity was collected by the service, the categories differ slightly to maternal ethnicity. Child ethnicity is not available for those not screened.
‡Includes African, Bangladeshi, Caribbean, Indian, mixed ethnic groups.
CDI-S, Communicative Development Inventory: Short; NA, not available.