Characteristic | No. (%) of participants; study group | |
---|---|---|
Comparison n = 371 | NFP n = 368 | |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
Age (19 yr or younger) | 175/371 (47.2) | 186/368 (50.5) |
Single (not married or common-law) | 337/369 (91.3) | 333/367 (90.7) |
Cultural background* | ||
White | 217/371 (58.5) | 201/368 (54.6) |
Indigenous including First Nations, Métis and Inuit | 44/371 (11.9) | 35/368 (9.5) |
Indigenous including First Nations, Métis or Inuit and other (including white or other non-Indigenous categories) | 56/371 (15.1) | 65/368 (17.7) |
Mixed heritage (≥ 2 ethnicity categories, excluding Indigenous) | 23/371 (6.2) | 32/368 (8.7) |
Asian (Chinese, South Asian or Other) | 16/371 (4.3) | 16/368 (4.3) |
Other (including Latin-American, Black) | 15/371 (4.0) | 19/368 (5.2) |
Highest educational qualification | ||
Less than high school | 193/371 (52) | 191/367 (52) |
High school diploma or equivalent | 139/371 (37.5) | 131/367 (35.7) |
College or other nonuniversity or university degree | 39/371 (10.5) | 45/367 (12.3) |
Income from employment, $ | ||
< 5000 | 146/362 (40.3) | 162/364 (44.5) |
5000–9999 | 64/362 (17.7) | 54/364 (14.8) |
10 000–19 999 | 87/362 (24) | 93/364 (25.5) |
20 000–29 999 | 38/362 (10.5) | 37/364 (10.2) |
≥ 30 000 | 27/362 (7.5) | 18/364 (4.9) |
Unstable housing | ||
Homeless ever (excluding currently) | 146/356 (41.0) | 165/360 (45.8) |
Currently homeless | 11/359 (3.1) | 11/362 (3.0) |
Moved 3 or more times or homeless (past year) | 187/366 (51.1) | 198/365 (54.2) |
Mental health† | ||
Moderate-to-severe psychological distress (past month) | 122/370 (33.0) | 112/364 (30.8) |
Experiences of violence | ||
Child maltreatment at age 16 yr or younger | 206/367 (56.1) | 204/361 (56.5) |
Exposure to intimate partner violence (past year) | 187/369 (50.7) | 176/365 (48.2) |
Note: NFP = Nurse-Family Partnership. All measures were included as baseline covariates in the current analyses; additional reports on these measures to follow. Baseline data before randomization were previously reported. (23), (24)
↵* Categories according to Statistics Canada; participants could give more than 1 answer; “mixed heritage” indicates participants who self-identified with 2 or more non-Indigenous categories of ethnicity.
↵† Measured according to Kessler et al. (27)