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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Very high vitamin D supplementation rates among infants aged 2 months in Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Characteristic

% (n)

Maternal Age

   < 31

33.3 (192)

   ≥31

66.7 (385)

Baby's ethnicity

   European

36.7 (212)

   Chinese

31.2 (180)

   Other1

32.1 (185)

Annual family income

   <$40,000

19.6 (113)

   $40,000-59,000

11.3 (65)

   $60,000-80,000

10.4 (60)

   >$80,000

37.4 (216)

   Unknown2

21.3 (123)

Education

   < High school

0.3 (2)

   Some and completed high school

12.5 (72)

   Some trade/vocational training and college/university

8.8 (51)

   Completed trade/vocational training and college/university

78.3 (452)

Parity

   Primipara

52.0 (300)

   Multipara

48.0 (277)

Baby's gender

   Male

50.6 (292)

   Female

49.4 (285)

Marital status

   Single

4.9 (28)

   Married

85.6 (494)

   Common-law

8.5 (49)

   Other

1.0 (6)

  1. 1South Asian 42.0% (63), South East Asian 42.7% (64), Korean 6.0% (9), Japanese 9.3% (14), Aboriginal 25.7% (9), Black 22.9% (8), Middle Eastern 42.9% (15), Iranian 2.9% (1), Afghan 2.9% (1), Turkish 2.9% (1)
  2. 2Do not know and do not want to say