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Table 2 Maternal age at 1st childbirth among 1st and 2nd generation women in Ribeirão Preto, 1978/79 and 2002/04 - N (%)

From: Childbearing in adolescence: intergenerational dejà-vu? Evidence from a Brazilian birth cohort

1st generation

2nd generation

Total

Up to 19 years

20 to 25 years

No children

Up to19 years

89 (26.7)

70 (21.0)

174 (52.3)

333 (100)

20 to 25 years

75 (14.2)

82 (15.6)

370 (70.2)

527 (100)

≥ 26 years

17 (8.5)

19 (9.6)

163 (81.9)

199 (100)

Total

181 (17.1)

171 (16.2)

707 (66.8)

1059 (100)

  1. χ2 for trend = 7.46 p< 0.001; Chi-square for trend was calculated across categories of the second generation mothers by categories of first generation mothers.