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. 2022 Feb 26;19(5):2730. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052730

Table 1.

Demographics of younger (aged 24 or below) and older mothers (aged above 24).

Younger Mothers (n = 361) Older Mothers (n = 931)
n (%) n (%) χ2 or t p
Education level 96.201 0.000
Primary to Junior secondary (F.3) 113 (31.5) 173 (19.0)
Senior secondary (F.4-6/7) or vocational training to Post-secondary 231 (64.3) 473 (52.1)
Bachelor’s degree or above 15 (4.2) 262 (28.9)
Marital status 209.895 0.000
Not married 134 (37.1) 52 (5.6)
Married 227 (62.9) 879 (94.4)
Employment status 127.501 0.000
Not employed 260 (72.6) 334 (37.4)
Employed 98 (27.4) 560 (62.6)
Family income 136.640 0.000
$20,000 or below 219 (60.7) 257 (28.2)
$20,001–$50,000 128 (35.4) 451 (49.3)
$50,001 or above 14 (3.9) 206 (22.5)
Age of first childbirth −54.781 0.000
n = 300 n = 894
M = 20.31 M = 31.19