Table 11
Behaviour scores by child's age, by maternal age group
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Overall | Maternal Age Group | |||||||||||
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Teenaged (younger than 20) | Young (20 to 24) | Reference (25 to 29) | Middle (30 to 34) | Older (35 or older) | ||||||||
Mean | Standard error | Mean | Standard error | Mean | Standard error | Mean | Standard error | Mean | Standard error | Mean | Standard error | |
1. p < .05. 2. Possible scores range from 0 through 16. 3. Possible scores range from 0 through 12. 4. Possible scores range from 0 through 14. Note: Comparisons by maternal age are made against children of reference mothers. 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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Physical aggression | ||||||||||||
Ages 2 to 3, (n=2,316)2 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 4.81 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
Ages 4 to 5, (n=1,687)3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
Emotional disorder or anxiety | ||||||||||||
Ages 2 to 3, (n=2,321)3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
Ages 4 to 5, (n=1,684)4 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.61 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
Hyperactivity | ||||||||||||
Ages 2 to 3, (n=2,314)3 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 4.11 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Ages 4 to 5, (n=1,676)4 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
Positive behaviour | ||||||||||||
Ages 4 to 5, (n=1,676)3 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 0.3 |
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