Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics by mothering status

			Mothering status
Sociodemographic characteristics	Overall		Yes		No
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Race/ethnicity							**
White	331	46.4	110	33.2	221	66.8
Aboriginal	187	26.2	119	64.3	66	35.7
Other, mixed background	195	27.3	63	32.8	129	67.2
Age (years)							**
<25	78	10.9	32	41.0	46	59.0
25–44	375	52.6	204	54.8	168	45.2
45 and older	260	36.5	56	21.7	202	78.3
High school education†							**
Yes	344	48.5	117	34.3	224	65.7
No	365	51.5	173	47.7	190	52.3
Marital status†							*
Single, never married	470	66.2	192	41.2	274	58.8
Married/partnered	40	5.6	24	60.0	16	40.0
Separated/widowed/divorced	200	28.2	75	37.7	124	62.3
Social support (close friend)†
Yes	397	56.0	161	40.9	233	59.1
No	312	44.0	128	41.3	182	58.7
Duration of homelessness, lifetime† (years)							**
<2	371	52.0	130	35.3	238	64.7
≥2	342	48.0	162	47.6	178	52.4
Total	713		292	41.2	416	58.8

Pearson χ²: **p≤0.01, *p≤0.05.

†Numbers may not sum to total as a result of missing data.