Maternal characteristics of singleton live births in nonimmigrant and immigrant groups
| Characteristic | Nonimmigrants, no. (%) of births* n = 761 260 | Immigrants, by world region; no. (%) of births* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All immigrants n = 328 387 | Europe, Western nations n = 51 268 | Africa, Caribbean n = 42 813 | North Africa, Middle East n = 32 920 | Latin America n = 25 255 | East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific n = 73 979 | South Asia n = 102 152 | ||
| Age group, yr | ||||||||
| 15–19 | 36 985 (4.9) | 4 244 (1.3) | 660 (1.3) | 1 279 (3.0) | 468 (1.4) | 762 (3.0) | 497 (0.7) | 578 (0.6) |
| 20–34 | 584 870 (76.8) | 248 665 (75.7) | 37 887 (73.9) | 30 561 (71.4) | 24 897 (75.6) | 18 742 (74.2) | 49 390 (66.8) | 87 188 (85.4) |
| 35–49 | 139 405 (18.3) | 75 478 (23.0) | 12 721 (24.8) | 10 973 (25.6) | 7 555 (22.9) | 5 751 (22.8) | 24 092 (32.6) | 14 386 (14.1) |
| Parity | ||||||||
| 0 | 354 345 (46.5) | 140 036 (42.6) | 23 940 (46.7) | 14 942 (34.9) | 12 661 (38.5) | 10 810 (42.8) | 36 021 (48.7) | 41 662 (40.8) |
| 1 | 365 664 (48.0) | 166 235 (50.6) | 25 045 (48.9) | 21 020 (49.1) | 16 646 (50.6) | 12 709 (50.3) | 36 283 (49.0) | 54 532 (53.4) |
| ≥ 2 | 41 251 (5.4) | 22 116 (6.7) | 2 283 (4.5) | 6 851 (16.0) | 3 613 (11.0) | 1 736 (6.9) | 1 675 (2.3) | 5 958 (5.8) |
| Neighbourhood income quintile | ||||||||
| 1 (lowest) | 133 758 (17.6) | 109 719 (33.4) | 10 297 (20.1) | 20 487 (40.9) | 11 266 (34.2) | 7 757 (30.7) | 21 634 (29.2) | 38 278 (37.5) |
| 2 | 143 158 (18.8) | 75 359 (22.9) | 9 645 (18.8) | 8 838 (20.6) | 6 410 (19.5) | 6 105 (24.2) | 18 870 (25.5) | 25 491 (25.0) |
| 3 | 158 762 (20.9) | 62 244 (19.0) | 10 259 (20.0) | 6 566 (15.3) | 5 846 (17.8) | 4 957 (19.6) | 14 468 (19.6) | 20 148 (19.7) |
| 4 | 174 292 (22.9) | 50 525 (15.4) | 11 707 (22.8) | 4 421 (10.3) | 5 841 (17.7) | 3913 (15.5) | 11 748 (15.9) | 12 895 (12.6) |
| 5 (highest) | 145 225 (19.1) | 29 451 (9.0) | 9 156 (17.9) | 2 340 (5.5) | 3 430 (10.4) | 2 425 (9.6) | 6 957 (9.4) | 5 143 (5.0) |
| Unknown | 6 065 (0.8) | 1 089 (0.3) | 204 (0.4) | 161 (0.4) | 127 (0.4) | 98 (0.4) | 302 (0.4) | 197 (0.2) |
| Not married† | – | 133 435 (40.6) | 24 130 (47.1) | 26 675 (62.3) | 10 377 (31.5) | 13 610 (53.9) | 30 759 (41.6) | 27 884 (27.3) |
| Education† | ||||||||
| Less than high school | – | 122 799 (37.4) | 19 257 (37.6) | 24 045 (56.2) | 11 149 (33.9) | 13 551 (53.7) | 22 252 (30.1) | 32 545 (31.9) |
| High school or some postsecondary | – | 107 291 (32.7) | 17 012 (33.2) | 15 266 (35.7) | 11 127 (33.8) | 7 217 (28.6) | 26 091 (35.3) | 30 578 (29.9) |
| University | – | 98 297 (29.9) | 14 999 (29.3) | 3 502 (8.2) | 10 644 (32.3) | 4 487 (17.8) | 25 636 (34.7) | 39 029 (38.2) |
| No knowledge of official language(s) (English, French)† | – | 126 630 (38.6) | 18 854 (36.8) | 6114 (14.3) | 12 692 (38.6) | 7 952 (31.5) | 34 054 (46.0) | 46 964 (46.0) |
| Duration of residence in Canada, yr, mean ± SD | – | 7.1 ± 5.9 | 8.2 ± 6.5 | 8.4 ± 6.1 | 5.7 ± 5.4 | 8.4 ± 6.6 | 6.0 ± 5.4 | 5.0 ± 4.5 |