Table 5 Prevalence and means of biological and lifestyle factors of poorer health in childhood according to maternal educational level.
Maternal educational level | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Intermediate | High | ||||
Lifestyle factors | % | (CI)a | % | (CI)a | % | (CI)a |
Smoking during pregnancy | ||||||
Yes b | 30.2 | (29.1-31.2) | 17.3 | (16.6-17.9) | 10.6 | (10.1-11.2) |
Smoking in the home | ||||||
Yes c | 43.5 | (42.3-44.6) | 30.6 | (29.8-31.4) | 16.2 | (15.6-16.9) |
Breastfeeding | ||||||
1-16 weeks | 49.8 | (48.6-50.9) | 52.4 | (51.5-53.3) | 46.4 | (45.4-47.3) |
Never | 30.6 | (29.5-31.6) | 18.4 | (17.7-19.0) | 8.5 | (8.0-9.0) |
Day-care centre attendance | ||||||
Nod | 88.9 | (88.2-89.7) | 79.7 | (79.0-80.4) | 62.5 | (61.6-63.4) |
Biological factors | ||||||
Siblings | ||||||
Yes | 54.4 | (53.3-55.5) | 49.6 | (48.7-50.4) | 49.4 | (48.5-50.3) |
Mean | Mean | Mean | ||||
Maternal age at birth | 29.55 | (29.46-29.64) | 29.78 | (29.72-29.85) | 31.59 | (31.53-31.66) |
Birth weight child (grams) | 3,456 | (3,443-3,469) | 3,507 | (3,498-3,516) | 3,543 | (3,532-3,553) |