Table 6-1
Live births, Canada — Age and marital status of mother

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Age and marital status of mother


Table summary
This table displays the results of age and marital status of mother. The information is grouped by marital status of mother (appearing as row headers), age of mother and all ages, calculated using all ages, under 15  years, 15 to  19 years, 20 to  24 years, 25 to  29 years, 30 to  34 years, 35 to  39 years, 40 to  44 years, 45 to  49 years, not stated, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Marital status of mother Age of motherNote 1
All ages Under 15  years 15 to  19 years 20 to  24 years 25 to  29 years 30 to  34 years 35 to  39 years 40 to  44 years 45 to  49 years Not statedNote 2
  number
TotalNote 3 380,863 104 15,534 57,778 116,878 120,734 57,733 11,364 605 133
Single (never married) 103,693 84 10,365 26,646 33,865 22,737 8,289 1,588 81 38
Married 228,917 3 925 18,426 69,548 87,819 43,532 8,177 425 62
Widowed 168 0 0 15 28 53 41 29 2 0
Divorced 3,551 0 6 126 682 1,243 1,083 378 32 1
Separated 1,352 0 23 176 372 428 278 70 5 0
Not stated 43,182 17 4,215 12,389 12,383 8,454 4,510 1,122 60 32
  percent
TotalNote 3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Single (never married) 27.2 80.8 66.7 46.1 29.0 18.8 14.4 14.0 13.4 28.6
Married 60.1 2.9 6.0 31.9 59.5 72.7 75.4 72.0 70.2 46.6
Widowed 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0
Divorced 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.9 3.3 5.3 0.8
Separated 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.0
Not stated 11.3 16.3 27.1 21.4 10.6 7.0 7.8 9.9 9.9 24.1
1.
Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.
2.
For confidentiality reasons, live births to mothers aged 50 and over are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated." Where information is unavailable on the birth mother of children who are adopted, these records are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated."
3.
Partway through 2003, Alberta Registries amended their Registration of Birth form in such a way that Statistics Canada can no longer determine the legal marital status of those persons in common-law marriages.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4507).
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