Table 1.
Maternal demographic characteristics
| CHARACTERISTIC |
SITE
|
TOTAL COHORT (N = 102) | P VALUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TORONTO (N = 44) | VANCOUVER (N = 36) | MONTREAL (N = 22) | |||
| Mean (SD) age at delivery, y | 30.2 (5.2) | 29.2 (5.4) | 29.8 (6.0) | 29.7 (5.4) | .718 |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| • Single | 24 (55) | 23 (64) | 3 (14) | 50 (49) | .001* |
| • Married or partnered | 20 (45) | 13 (36) | 19 (86) | 52 (51) | .001* |
| Mean (SD) gravidity | 3.6 (2.0) | 3.7 (2.0) | 3.7 (1.8) | 3.6 (2.0) | .989 |
| Mean (SD) parity | 2.1 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.4) | 1.7 (0.8) | 2.2 (1.2) | .017* |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
| • White | 29 (66) | 14 (39) | 22 (100) | 65 (64) | < .001* |
| • Aboriginal | 2 (4) | 19 (53) | 0 (0) | 21 (20) | < .001* |
| • Asian | 6 (14) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 7 (7) | .104 |
| • Other | 7 (16) | 2 (5) | 0 (0) | 9 (9) | .077 |
| Financial status, n (%) | |||||
| • Employed | 10 (23) | 0 (0) | 7 (32) | 17 (16) | < .001* |
| • Dependent on social assistance | 25 (57) | 26 (72) | 11 (50) | 62 (61) | .188 |
| • Dependent on family or friends | 6 (13) | 1 (3) | 2 (9) | 9 (9) | .237 |
| • No income or income from prostitution | 3 (7) | 9 (25) | 2 (9) | 14 (14) | .065 |
| Living with children, n (%) | 15 (34) | 3 (8) | 0 (0) | 18 (18) | < .001* |
*
Indicates significant difference at P < .05.