Table 2
Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of births, by type of community, Quebec, 1989 to 2008

Table 2
Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of births, by type of community, Quebec, 1989 to 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of births. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Type of commuinity, First Nations reserve, Cree or Naskapi, Inuit and Non-Aboriginal (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Type of commuinity
First Nations reserve Cree or Naskapi Inuit Non-Aboriginal
Number % Number % Number % Number %
Mothers' age  
19 or younger 2,880 17.6 1,470 21.3 1,260 23.5 59,830 3.7
20 to 35 12,190 74.6 4,930 71.6 3,840 71.5 1,342,130 84.0
35 or older 1,260 7.7 490 7.1 270 5.0 194,930 12.2
Mothers' education  
9 years or less 3,730 22.8 2,010 29.1 1,340 24.9 91,890 5.8
10 to 12 years 5,050 30.9 2,930 42.5 1,790 33.3 502,440 31.5
13 years or more 3,920 24.0 1,150 16.7 800 14.9 827,380 51.8
Unknown 3,630 22.2 810 11.7 1,450 27.0 175,520 11.0
Birth  
Single 15,950 97.7 6,740 97.8 5,270 98.0 1,557,880 97.5
Multiple 380 2.3 150 2.2 110 2.0 39,340 2.5
North-South gradient  
North 520 3.2 4,250 61.7 5,380 100.0 610 0.0
Northern transition 1,180 7.2 2,630 38.2 0 0.0 5,940 0.4
Southern transition 7,110 43.5 10 0.1 0 0.0 126,950 7.9
South 7,530 46.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,463,730 91.6
Size of community and metropolitan influence  
1,500,000 or more 2,720 16.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 813,970 51.0
500,000 to 1,499,999 370 2.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 203,420 12.7
100,000 to 499,999 140 0.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 99,020 6.2
10,000 to 99,999 4,860 29.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 179,870 11.3
10,000 or less (strong metropolitan influence) 40 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 86,840 5.4
10,000 or less (moderate metropolitan influence) 110 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 142,670 8.9
10 000 or less (weak metropolitan influence) 8,080 49.5 6,890 100.0 5,380 100.0 71,440 4.5
Notes: Values shown are number of births (including stillbirths). Numbers are rounded to nearest 10.
Source: Infant Birth-Death Linked File, 1989 to 2008.
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