title: Teacher assessments of children's behavioral disorders: demographic correlates.
abstract: The relationship of demographic variables to teacher reports of behavior problems in six-to-eight-year-olds was examined. Contrary to previous research findings associating teacher-reported problems, with poverty and gender, multivariate analyses found significant associations only for ethnicity and caretakers' marital status. Implications for research on the impact of demographic factors on children's behavior problems and school performance are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bility
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Plichta
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Leaf
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haynes
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D004243:Divorce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013663:Teaching