Table 1 Characteristics of Western Australian girls aged 4-16 years in 1993
From: Antecedents of teenage pregnancy from a 14-year follow-up study using data linkage
Characteristic | Proportion (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
Family type | Â | Â |
   Original | 73.2 | 69.0 - 77.0 |
   Step/blended | 9.8 | 2.6 - 12.2 |
   Sole-parent | 17.0 | 13.6 - 20.8 |
Child's CBCL score - Aggressive & Delinquent (parent and teacher reported) | Â | Â |
   Aggressive and Delinquent | 2.3 | 1.5 - 3.3 |
   Either Aggressive or Delinquent | 6.8 | 5.3 - 8.4 |
   Neither Aggressive nor Delinquent | 90.9 | 88.7 - 92.8 |
Combined carer income | Â | Â |
   Low | 38.8 | 34.4 - 43.3 |
   Medium | 38.6 | 34.5 - 43.1 |
   High | 22.6 | 19.6 - 26.2 |
Region | Â | Â |
   Metropolitan | 73.5 | 68.1 - 78.5 |
   Non-Metropolitan | 26.5 | 22.3 - 31.0 |
Primary carer was a smoker | Â | Â |
   Yes | 23.8 | 20.2 - 27.7 |
Highest school year completed by primary carer | Â | Â |
   Year 9 or lower | 14.1 | 11.3 - 17.3 |
   Year 10 or higher | 85.9 | 82.7 - 88.8 |
Girl's mother was a teenage mother | Â | Â |
   Yes | 4.4 | 3.2 - 6.0 |
Primary carer was in receipt of government benefits | Â | Â |
   Yes | 36.8 | 32.7 - 41.1 |
Importance of religion for child's primary carer | Â | Â |
   Very important | 21.8 | 18.7 - 25.3 |
   Reasonably important | 34.1 | 30.7 - 37.5 |
   Not at all important | 44.1 | 40.2 - 48.3 |
Child was breastfed | Â | Â |
   Yes | 84.3 | 81.3 - 86.9 |
Family functioning | Â | Â |
   Poor | 10.9 | 8.7 - 13.7 |