Table 1 Demography of mothers and their children
From: The growth and development of children born to adolescent mothers in Taiwan
Parameters at 6 months of age | Adolescent mothers | Adult mothers | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 288 | 51.43 % | 10150 | 53.93 % | .506 |
Female | 272 | 48.57 % | 9158 | 48.66 % | – |
Postpartum depression | |||||
Yes | 84 | 15.00 % | 3383 | 17.97 % | .983 |
No | 471 | 84.11 % | 15904 | 84.50 % | – |
Primary night-time caregiver | |||||
Not mother | 165 | 29.46 % | 9962 | 52.93 % | .00094 |
Mother | 391 | 69.82 % | 9267 | 49.24 % | – |
Birth weight | |||||
<2500 g | 54 | 9.64 % | 1297 | 6.89 % | .051 |
≧2500 g | 505 | 90.18 % | 17969 | 95.47 % | 0– |
Premature birth | |||||
<37 weeks | 80 | 14.29 % | 2137 | 11.35 % | .691 |
≧37 weeks | 480 | 85.71 % | 17171 | 91.23 % | – |
Family function | |||||
dysfunction | 262 | 46.79 % | 7589 | 40.32 % | .013 |
Normal | 284 | 50.71 % | 11590 | 61.58 % | – |
Total | 560 | – | 18821 | – | – |