Table 1
Characteristics of mother and outcomes of singleton births in 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort, all singleton births and births without paternal data on birth registration

Table 1
Characteristics of mother and outcomes of singleton births in 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort, all singleton births and births without paternal data on birth registration
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of mother and outcomes of singleton births in 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort. The information is grouped by Maternal characteristics and outcomes of birth (appearing as row headers), All singleton births, Paternal data missing from birth registration, Unweighted number, Weighted % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Maternal characteristics and outcomes of birth All singleton births Paternal data missing from birth registration
Unweighted number Weighted % 95% confidence interval Unweighted number Weighted % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 131,285 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 7,461 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Maternal age (years)  
Younger than 25 28,651 20.5 20.4 20.6 4,051 54.4 53.1 55.6
25 to less than 30 40,251 31.0 30.8 31.1 1,682 21.6 20.6 22.7
30 to less than 35 40,179 31.3 31.2 31.4 996 13.6 12.7 14.5
35 or older 22,160 17.2 17.1 17.3 729 10.4 9.7 11.2
Missing Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Maternal education  
Less than secondary graduation 22,856 13.3 13.0 13.5 3,552 38.8 37.5 40.2
Secondary graduation 27,609 21.9 21.6 22.1 1,759 27.9 26.7 29.2
Postsecondary diploma/certificate 43,446 34.9 34.6 35.2 1,502 23.3 22.2 24.5
University degree or higher 35,670 29.1 28.9 29.4 429 7.4 6.7 8.2
Missing 1,704 0.9 0.8 0.9 219 2.6 2.2 3.0
Maternal marital status  
Single 35,284 24.4 24.2 24.7 5,362 69.4 68.2 70.6
Married 80,200 63.9 63.6 64.2 599 10.0 9.3 10.9
Widowed/Divorced/Separated 1,855 1.4 1.3 1.5 240 3.4 2.9 4.0
Missing 13,946 10.3 10.1 10.5 1,260 17.1 16.1 18.2
Parity  
0 56,796 46.0 45.7 46.3 3,504 56.2 54.8 57.6
1 44,732 34.8 34.6 35.1 1,674 22.9 21.7 24.1
More than 1 28,832 18.9 18.7 19.2 1,867 19.0 18.0 20.1
Missing 925 0.3 0.3 0.3 416 2.0 1.7 2.2
Maternal ethnicity  
Not visible minority 88,082 72.7 72.4 73.0 3,014 57.6 56.0 59.2
Visible minority (excluding Indigenous) 24,030 20.6 20.4 20.9 884 17.6 16.5 18.8
Indigenous 17,547 5.9 5.6 6.2 3,364 22.4 21.1 23.8
Missing 1,626 0.8 0.8 0.9 199 2.3 2.0 2.8
Maternal birthplace  
Canada 101,270 74.7 74.5 75.0 6,478 81.7 80.5 82.8
Not Canada 28,222 23.9 23.6 24.1 732 14.1 13.1 15.2
Missing 1,793 1.4 1.4 1.5 251 4.3 3.8 4.9
Household income quintile  
1 (lowest) 26,389 19.0 18.8 19.3 3,069 46.2 44.9 47.6
2 26,176 19.8 19.6 20.0 1,632 20.0 18.9 21.2
3 26,172 20.1 19.9 20.4 1,105 13.5 12.6 14.4
4 26,273 20.5 20.3 20.8 910 11.0 10.2 12.0
5 (highest) 26,275 20.5 20.3 20.7 745 9.3 8.5 10.1
Preterm birth (before 37 weeks)  
Yes 8,933 6.9 6.7 7.0 769 10.5 9.7 11.4
No 122,100 93.1 93.0 93.3 6,665 89.5 88.6 90.3
Small-for-gestational-age birth  
Yes 10,478 8.6 8.4 8.7 788 12.2 11.3 13.1
No 120,698 91.4 91.3 91.6 6,661 87.8 86.9 88.7
Stillbirth  
Yes 753 0.6 0.6 0.6 187 3.2 2.8 3.7
No 130,532 99.4 99.4 99.4 7,274 96.8 96.3 97.2
Infant death  
Yes 545 0.5 0.5 0.5 76 1.0 0.8 1.4
No 129,987 99.5 99.5 99.5 7,198 99.0 98.6 99.2
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source: 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort Database.

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