Table 2 Child’s and mother’s characteristics as a function of reported income sufficiency at baseline (5 months) among 1 950 children followed-up to age 41 months (QLSCD, 1998–2001)
Distribution in the sample | Distribution by reported income level at baseline (5 months) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Income | ||||
Sufficient | Insufficient | Missing data | ||
% | % | % | % | |
Child’s birth order | ||||
First | 44.9 | 45.4 | 39.9 | 47.4 |
Second | 39.3 | 40.5 | 37.2 | 36.8 |
Third and higher | 15.8 | 14.0 | 22.9 | 15.8 |
Child’s sex | ||||
Girl | 49.8 | 50.1 | 45.4 | 55.3 |
Boy | 50.2 | 49.9 | 54.6 | 44.7 |
Mother’s age | ||||
<20 years | 2.9 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 10.5 |
20-34 years | 83.6 | 85.7 | 78.1 | 81.6 |
>=35 years | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 7.9 |
Missing data | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Mother’s immigrant status | ||||
Non-immigrant or European-origin immigrant | 92.8 | 96.2 | 75.7 | 76.3 |
Non-European Immigrant | 7.1 | 3.8 | 24.3 | 21.1 |
Missing data | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Mother’s education | ||||
College or university studies | 64.0 | 70.4 | 41.3 | 44.7 |
High school, vocational or trade school diploma | 20.6 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 34.2 |
No high school diploma | 15.3 | 9.5 | 35.8 | 21.1 |
Missing data | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |