Table 1
Parental characteristics, by Indigenous identity, singleton births, Canada, 2004 through 2006

Table 1
Parental characteristics, by Indigenous identity, singleton births, Canada, 2004 through 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of Parental characteristics. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Non-Indigenous, Indigenous, Total, First Nations, Métis and Inuit (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Non-Indigenous Indigenous
Total First Nations Métis Inuit
Unweighted number Weighted % Unweighted number Weighted % Unweighted number Weighted % Unweighted number Weighted % Unweighted number Weighted %
Total 112,112 100.0 17,547 100.0 13,506 100.0 2,267 100.0 1,730 100.0
Maternal age group
Younger than 20 2,891 3.1 3,395 18.6 2,722 20.5 285 12.7 379 24.0
20 to 34 88,585 79.0 12,703 73.5 9,675 71.5 1,777 79.0 1,220 68.9
35 or older 20,597 17.9 1,445 7.9 1,105 7.9 205 8.4 131 7.2
Paternal age group
Younger than 20 762 0.8 1,218 6.1 1,077 7.5 73 3.1 66 4.0
20 to 34 70,496 62.9 10,102 60.0 7,892 59.0 1,436 65.8 750 44.8
35 or older 36,770 32.4 2,831 16.3 2,218 16.3 397 16.9 203 12.1
Missing 4,084 3.8 3,396 17.6 2,319 17.1 361 14.2 711 39.1
Maternal marital status
UnmarriedTable 1 Note † 25,955 26.3 10,271 68.8 7,923 73.5 959 54.0 1,363 82.0
Married or common-law 76,048 73.7 3,805 31.2 2,709 26.5 781 46.0 302 18.0
Maternal education
Less than secondary graduation 13,062 11.3 9,794 46.7 7,887 52.9 743 28.5 1,147 62.4
Secondary graduation 23,866 21.9 3,743 24.5 2,849 23.2 627 29.4 260 17.4
Postsecondary diploma 40,103 36.0 3,343 23.1 2,322 19.4 713 33.0 291 18.4
University degree 35,048 30.9 622 5.6 410 4.6 182 9.1 27 1.8
Parity
0 50,668 46.6 5,450 38.6 4,155 35.8 920 46.1 361 33.0
1 or 2 54,505 47.8 7,079 43.5 5,532 43.1 1,049 45.3 475 37.7
More than 2 6,735 5.7 4,327 17.9 3,646 21.1 279 8.6 396 29.3
Note †

single, widowed, divorced, separated, and never married if not in common-law union

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Note: p < 0.01 from chi-square tests for all variables, comparison of Non-Indigenous versus Indigenous and comparison of three Indigenous populations
Source: 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort database.

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