Table 1 Comparison of Demographic Characteristics on Newcomer women and Canadian-born women using weighted proportions
From: Navigating maternity health care: a survey of the Canadian prairie newcomer experience
Newcomer | Canadian-born | ||
|---|---|---|---|
(N = 140) | (N = 1137) | ||
Demographic characteristics | Weighted% | Weighted% | p-value* |
Maternal age at birth | 0.01 | ||
<19 years | Suppressed* | 5.3 | |
20–34 years | 82.6a | 81.2 | |
> - 35 years | 17.4 | 13.5 | |
Maternal education | 0.00 | ||
High school or less | 18.6 | 26.9 | |
Some post-secondary or trades | 26.9 | 47.4 | |
University degree | 54.5 | 25.7 | |
Marital status | 0.00 | ||
Currently marriedb | Over 96 | 70.3 | |
Not married | Suppressed* | 29.7 | |
Household income | 0.01 | ||
Less than 30 K | 4.7 | 8.32 | |
30,000-49,999 | 29.7 | 17.0 | |
50,000-79,999 | 45.0 | 41.9 | |
80,000 + | 20.6 | 32.9 | |
Region of birth | |||
America | 16.2 | ||
Europe | 18.4 | ||
Africa | 7.7 | ||
Asia + Oceania | 56.7 | ||
Place of residence | 0.02 | ||
Urban | 92.8 | 86.7 | |
Rural | 7.2 | 13.3 | |
Parity | 0.26 | ||
Primipara | 50.7 | 44.9 | |
Multipara | 49.3 | 55.1 |