Table 1 Characteristics of mothers, infants, and neighborhoods according to marital status, singleton births, Montréal, Canada, 1997 to 2001
Characteristic | Married | Unmarried | Total births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Mothers | ||||||
Age | ||||||
<20 years | 582 | 1.0 | 3388 | 8.6 | 3970 | 4.0 |
20–34 years | 46606 | 78.8 | 29836 | 76.2 | 76442 | 77.7 |
35+ years | 11962 | 20.2 | 5956 | 15.2 | 17918 | 18.2 |
Education (years) | 59150 | 14 (4)* | 39180 | 13 (3)* | 98330 | 14 (4)* |
Maternal place of birth | ||||||
Canadian-born | 24963 | 42.2 | 29985 | 76.5 | 54948 | 55.9 |
Foreign-born | 34187 | 57.8 | 9195 | 23.5 | 43382 | 44.1 |
Infants | ||||||
IPI category | ||||||
Firstborn | 25564 | 43.2 | 22265 | 56.8 | 47829 | 48.6 |
Subsequent born | ||||||
Short IPI | 6045 | 10.2 | 3190 | 8.1 | 9235 | 9.4 |
Intermediate IPI | 15760 | 26.6 | 6808 | 17.4 | 22568 | 23.0 |
Long IPI | 11781 | 19.9 | 6917 | 17.7 | 18698 | 19.0 |
Growth | ||||||
Normal growth | 54087 | 91.4 | 35219 | 89.9 | 89306 | 90.8 |
SGA | 5063 | 8.6 | 3961 | 10.1 | 9024 | 9.2 |
Neighborhoods | ||||||
Perceived security | ||||||
High | 13715 | 23.2 | 6071 | 15.5 | 19786 | 20.1 |
High-moderate | 14074 | 23.8 | 6653 | 17.0 | 20727 | 21.1 |
Moderate | 12813 | 21.7 | 9849 | 25.1 | 22662 | 23.1 |
Low-moderate | 10265 | 17.4 | 7959 | 20.3 | 18224 | 18.5 |
Low | 8283 | 14.0 | 8648 | 22.1 | 16931 | 17.2 |
Proportion foreign-born | ||||||
High | 16015 | 27.1 | 5135 | 13.1 | 21150 | 21.5 |
High-moderate | 13935 | 23.6 | 4831 | 12.3 | 18766 | 19.1 |
Moderate | 11495 | 19.4 | 8163 | 20.8 | 19658 | 20.0 |
Low-moderate | 11083 | 18.7 | 8532 | 21.8 | 19615 | 20.0 |
Low | 6622 | 11.2 | 12519 | 32.0 | 19141 | 19.5 |
Total live births | 59150 | 60.2 | 39180 | 39.8 | 98330 | 100 |