Table 2.
Characteristics of mothers: overall and those with children with persistent asthma at end of follow-up.
| Total | Persistent Asthma | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | No. | % | No. | |
| Age in years | ||||
| 16–25 | 17.9 | 22 | 10.9 | 201 |
| 26–30 | 30.9 | 19 | 5.5 | 346 |
| 31–35 | 31.1 | 26 | 7.4 | 349 |
| 36–45 | 20.1 | 9 | 4.0 | 225 |
| Highest level of education 1 | ||||
| Did not complete high school | 14.4 | 12 | 7.5 | 161 |
| Completed high school | 29.6 | 28 | 8.4 | 332 |
| TAFE/trade or apprenticeship | 30.8 | 27 | 7.8 | 345 |
| University degree | 24.8 | 8 | 2.9 | 278 |
| Place of birth | ||||
| Elsewhere | 27.8 | 18 | 5.8 | 312 |
| Australia | 72.2 | 58 | 7.2 | 809 |
| Indigenous status 2 | ||||
| Aboriginal/TSI | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 |
| Otherwise | 96.5 | 75 | 6.9 | 1082 |
| Average number of cigarettes smoked each day during pregnancy 1 | ||||
| 0 | 89.2 | 62 | 6.2 | 1000 |
| ≤10 | 5.4 | 4 | 6.6 | 61 |
| >10 | 4.7 | 10 | 18.9 | 53 |
| Treatment for asthma during pregnancy (n = 864) 3 | ||||
| No | 75.4 | 66 | 7.9 | 839 |
| Yes | 2.2 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
1 0.4–0.6% missing data, 2 2% missing data. 3 Question asked only to QLD state participants.