The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study—Methodology

Author:

Boyle Michael H.1,Georgiades Katholiki1,Duncan Laura12ORCID,Comeau Jinette34,Wang Li12,

Affiliation:

1. Offord Centre for Child Studies & Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

2. Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

3. Department of Sociology, King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario

4. Children’s Health Research Institute, Children’s Health and Therapeutics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Objective: To describe the methodology of the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS): a province-wide, cross-sectional, epidemiologic study of child health and mental disorder among 4- to 17-year-olds living in household dwellings. Method: Implemented by Statistics Canada, the 2014 OCHS was led by academic researchers at the Offord Centre for Child Studies (McMaster University). Eligible households included families with children aged 4 to 17 years, who were listed on the 2014 Canadian Child Tax Benefit File. The survey design included area and household stratification by income and 3-stage cluster sampling of areas and households to yield a probability sample of families. Results: The 2014 OCHS included 6,537 responding households (50.8%) with 10,802 children aged 4 to 17 years. Lower income families living in low-income neighbourhoods were less likely to participate. In addition to measures of childhood mental disorder assessed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID) and OCHS Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS), the survey contains measures of neighbourhoods, schools, families and children, and includes administrative data held by the Ministries of Education and Health and Long-Term Care. Conclusions: The complex survey design and differential non-response of the 2014 OCHS required the use of sampling weights and adjustment for design effects. The study is available throughout Canada in the Statistics Canada Research Data Centres (RDCs). We urge external investigators to access the study through the RDCs or to contact us directly to collaborate on future secondary analysis studies based on the OCHS.

Funder

Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

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