Table 1 Socio-demographic background characteristics, Pearson’s chi-square unless otherwise indicated
Children of non- immigrant parents | Children of immigrant parents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | p-value | |
Age when giving birth | 0.017 | ||||
≤20 | 13 | 1.9 | 6 | 6.9 | |
21-37 | 653 | 95.1 | 78 | 89.7 | |
38-43 | 21 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.4 | |
Maternal educational level | 0.719 | ||||
Elementary | 42 | 6.4 | 7 | 8.8 | |
High school | 351 | 53.5 | 41 | 51.2 | |
University | 263 | 40.1 | 32 | 40.0 | |
Paternal educational level | 0.211 | ||||
Elementary | 66 | 13.8 | 13 | 22.4 | |
High school | 288 | 60.1 | 32 | 55.2 | |
University | 125 | 26.1 | 13 | 22.4 | |
Maternal employment | 0.011* | ||||
Employed | 641 | 99.2 | 76 | 95.0 | |
Not employed | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 5.0 | |
Paternal employment | 0.011* | ||||
Employed | 475 | 99.6 | 56 | 94.9 | |
Not employed | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 5.1 | |