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Table 2 Baseline socioeconomic disadvantage according to eligibility criteria

From: The British Columbia Healthy Connections Project: findings on socioeconomic disadvantage in early pregnancy

  

Age Group

p-value

Total

N = 739

14–19 years

N = 361

20–24 years

N = 378

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Low income (living on < $20,000 annually)

606/726 (83.5)

319/354 (90.1)

287/372 (77.2)

< 0.001

Limited education (no high school completion)

384/738 (52.0)

246/360 (68.3)

138/378 (36.5)

< 0.001

Preparing to parent while single (not married or common-law)

670/736 (91.0)

312/360 (86.7)

358/376 (95.2)

< 0.001

  1. Results in bold: p-value<0.05