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Table 1
Marriage and marital status of teenage and adult mothers

Standard symbols

	%
	Teenage mothers	Adult mothers
Age at first marriage
Under 20	49^*	8
20 to 24	19^*	43
25 to 29	9^*	28
30 to 39	4^*	7
Never married	19^*	13
Marriage and birth
Married prior to birth	20^*	72
Married same year as birth	22^*	6
Married post birth	39^*	8
Never married	19^*	13
Current marital status
Married	60^*	76
Common-law	14^*	10
Separated	9^*	5
Divorced	7^*	4
Widowed	F	0^E
Never married	10^*	5
* statistically significant from adult mothers at the 0.05 level or better Note: Results are restricted to those with a valid response. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002 and 2005.

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Table 1 Marriage and marital status of teenage and adult mothers

Table 1
Marriage and marital status of teenage and adult mothers