Analysis of Covariates
’ motor skills
SECONDARY
Parents attending prenatal courses was found to significantly influence whether their infants’ ASQ scores on the communication (RR=0.13, 95% CI 0.02-0.75; The education level of the parents was also a predictor of the infants’ motor skills. The infants of parents with secondary educational qualifications had a higher chance of being in the at-risk group at 6 months post partum than those of parents who graduated from universities (RR=13.41, 95% CI 2.27-79.09; In this study, monthly household income was found to significantly affect the cognition and motor skills of the infants. The infants from households with a monthly income between SGD $3000 (US $2285.64) and SGD $5000 (US $3809.39) were more likely to belong to the at-risk group of the cognition domain of the Bayley-4 assessment than those from households earning >SGD $5000 (US $3809.39) monthly (RR=14.79, 95% CI 4.96-44.15; 