Table 7
Late achievement of developmental milestones, 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) | ||
| % | ||||||
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1. p < .05. 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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| Late to first sit up by self (8 months or older) | 13.6 | 9.4 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 17.11 | 20.31 |
| Late to eat solid food (10 months or older) | 10.1 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 13.7 |
| Late to feed themselves (13 months or older) | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 12.8 | 17.41 |
| Late to say first word (13 months or older) | 10.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 13.9 |
| Late to take first step (14 months or older) | 14.0 | 11.3 | 14.2 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 18.9 |
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