Table 10
Motor and social development score by child's age: Beta coefficients and standard errors (SE) from multivariate linear models
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Characteristics | Ages 0 to 1 | Ages 2 to 3 | ||
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Beta | Standard error | Beta | Standard error | |
1. p < .05. 2. p < .01. 3. p < .001. Notes: Characteristics measured when child was aged 0 to 1. All estimates have been adjusted for the cycle (year) of entry into the NLSCY. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "The Children of Older First-time Mothers in Canada: Their Health and Development", Children and Youth Research Paper Series, Catalogue number 89-599-M. |
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Maternal age group | ||||
Teenaged (younger than 20) | 4.502 | 1.50 | 1.35 | 1.64 |
Young (ages 20 to 24) | 3.042 | 0.95 | 0.50 | 1.04 |
Reference (ages 25 to 29; Ref.) | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | ... |
Middle (ages 30 to 34) | -1.67 | 0.94 | 0.74 | 0.96 |
Older (ages 35 or older) | -2.35 | 1.30 | -2.611 | 1.29 |
Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||
Child is male (Ref. Female) | -2.022 | 0.72 | -4.303 | 0.75 |
Low-income (Ref. Not low-income) | -0.05 | 1.22 | -3.361 | 1.43 |
High school graduate or less (Ref. More than high school education) |
1.30 | 0.90 | 0.30 | 1.00 |
Single-parent household (Ref. Dual-parent household) |
-0.58 | 1.30 | -0.92 | 1.64 |
Other characteristics | ||||
Duration of breastfeeding | ||||
None (Ref.) | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | ... |
6 months or less | 1.97 | 1.11 | 1.43 | 1.16 |
More than 6 months | 3.773 | 1.17 | 2.611 | 1.21 |
Birth term and weight | ||||
Not preterm (Ref.) | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | ... |
Preterm, not low birth weight | -2.05 | 1.34 | -1.05 | 1.39 |
Preterm, low birth weight | -11.903 | 1.94 | -4.081 | 1.86 |
R squared for model | 0.0813 | 0.0625 |
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