Table 1 Demographic characteristics of parents (n = 74) in terms of income, delivery, parity, birth hospital ethnicity and infant characteristics in terms of sex, gestational age, and birth weight (n = 80)
Category | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal characteristic | |||
Combined total household income | > $100,000 | 41 | 55 |
$90,000 to $99,999 | 7 | 9 | |
$80,000 to $89,999 | 6 | 8 | |
$70,000 to $79,999 | 3 | 4 | |
$60,000 to $69,999 | 8 | 11 | |
< $60,000 | 9 | 12 | |
Mode of Delivery | Vaginal | 51 | 69 |
Cesarean section | 23 | 31 | |
Birth Hospitals | Foothills | 34 | 46 |
Rockyview | 24 | 32 | |
Peter Lougheed | 15 | 20 | |
South Health Campus | 1 | 1 | |
Parity | Primiparous only | 33 | 45 |
Ethnic Group of Mothers | Caucasian | 48 | 65 |
Mixed/other/missinga | 8 | 11 | |
Chinese | 6 | 8 | |
Filipino | 3 | 4 | |
Arab | 3 | 4 | |
Black/African North American | 2 | 3 | |
First Nations (registered) | 2 | 3 | |
Métis | 2 | 3 | |
Infant characteristic | |||
Sex | Female only | 44 | 55 |
Gestational age at birth (weeks) | 34 | 20 | 25 |
35 | 13 | 16 | |
36 | 47 | 59 | |
Birth weight(grams) | 1700–1999 | 13 | 16 |
2000–2499 | 23 | 29 | |
2500–2999 | 28 | 35 | |
3000–3499 | 14 | 18 | |
3500–3700 | 2 | 3 | |