Children aged 5–9 years who completed at least one questionnaire in the SPATZ study were included in this analysis. COVID-19 pandemic started in the first or second year of school (children aged 6 or 7 years). Data for the pre-pandemic family situation were taken from the follow-up waves T5-T9. See Fig. 1 for details of the study design and data considered.

Study design of trajectories of child health in light of the COVID-19 pandemic (T7-T11) taking family situation into account

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