TABLE 1—
Distribution of the Full Weighted Sample of Participants by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Prevalence of Abuse: Maternity Experiences Survey, Canada, 2006–2007
| Characteristics | Distribution of Participants, % (95% CI) | Prevalence of Abuse, % (95% CI) | P |
| Abuse | |||
| Any in past 2 y | 10.9 (10.1, 11.8) | ||
| None | 89.1 (88.3, 9.9) | ||
| Age, y | < .001 | ||
| 15–19 | 3.1 (2.6, 3.3)a | 40.7 (34.4, 46.9) | |
| 20–24 | 13.1 (12.2, 14.0) | 21.6 (18.6, 24.6) | |
| 25–29 | 33.2 (32.0, 34.5) | 9.5 (8.2, 10.9) | |
| 30–34 | 33.1 (31.8, 34.3) | 7.9 (6.7, 9.2) | |
| 35–39 | 14.6 (13.6, 15.5) | 6.1 (4.4, 7.7) | |
| 40–55 | 2.9 (2.5, 3.4) | 7.6 (3.5, 11.6)a | |
| Education | < .001 | ||
| < high school | 7.7 (7.0, 8.3) | 24.1 (20.2, 28.0) | |
| High school only | 19.4 (18.3, 20.4) | 16.2 (14.1, 18.4) | |
| Any postsecondary below bachelor degree | 37.4 (36.1, 38.7) | 10.0 (8.7, 11.3) | |
| Bachelor degree or higher graduate degree | 35.5 (34.2, 36.8) | 6.3 (5.2, 7.4) | |
| Total household income, Can $ | < .001 | ||
| < 20 000 | 9.3 (8.5, 10.1) | 27.8 (23.9, 31.7) | |
| 20 000–49 999 | 28.1 (26.8, 29.3) | 12.3 (10.6, 13.9) | |
| 50 000–79 999 | 29.2 (28.0, 30.5) | 8.7 (7.3, 10.1) | |
| ≥ 80 000 | 33.4 (32.1, 34.7) | 6.7 (5.5, 7.9) | |
| LICO | < .001 | ||
| ≤ LICO | 18.4 (17.4, 19.4) | 21.1 (18.6, 23.5) | |
| > LICO | 72.6 (71.4 73.8) | 8.3 (7.5, 9.2) | |
| Missing | 9.0 (8.2, 9.8) | 11.5 (8.8, 14.1) | |
| Ethnicity and migration | < .001 | ||
| Canadian-born non-Aboriginal | 72.0 (70.7, 73.2) | 11.7 (10.7, 12.7) | |
| Aboriginal | 4.2 (3.7, 4.7) | 30.6 (25.2, 35.9) | |
| Foreign-born | 23.8 (21.0, 25.6) | 5.5 (4.2, 6.8) | |
| Marital status | < .001 | ||
| Loneb | 8.4 (7.7, 9.1) | 35.3 (31.2, 39.5) | |
| Married or cohabitating | 91.6 (90.9, 92.3) | 8.7 (8.0, 9.5) | |
| Geographic area | .399 | ||
| Urban | 83.1 (82.1, 84.1) | 10.9 (10.0, 11.8) | |
| Rural | 16.9 (15.9, 17.9) | 11.8 (9.8, 13.7) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; LICO = low-income cuttoff. The LICO reflects whether the respondent lived in a household spending 20 percentage points more of their after-tax income on food, shelter, and clothing than the average family, thus leaving less income available for other expenses such as health, education, transportation, and recreation. The LICOs are set here at after-tax income levels, differentiated by size of family and area of residence.46 The full weighted sample size was n = 76 500.
Coefficient of variation is between 16.6% and 33.3%, indicating marginal quality of the estimates; some caution is required in interpreting these results.
Lone mothers include those single, divorced, separated, or widowed.