Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the sample at study entry (N = 501).

Measure	N	% of sample
Ethnicity of mothers European/Caucasian South Asian East Asian Black Other	501 283 73 60 46 39	100.0 56.5 14.6 12.0 9.2 7.7
Teenage mother	31	6.2
Single parent family	32	6.4
Immigrant family (mother not Canadian-born)	233	46.5
Low income family (<$20,000)	45	9.5
Mother’s years of education (<high school)	34	6.2
Mothers scoring in depressed range on CESD	71	14.4

Total sample at wave 1, N = 501.