Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the study sub-populations, by Indigenous status
| Â | Indigenous | Non-Indigenous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Maternal imprisonment | No maternal corrections | Maternal imprisonment | No maternal corrections | ||
|  | Pregnancy to <2 yrs | 5 yrs. before birth- < 1 yr | Pregnancy to <2 yrs | 5 yrs. before birth- < 1 yr | ||
| Â | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 50.2 | 50.4 | 52.4 | 50.8 | 51.3 | 48.0 |
 Female | 49.8 | 49.6 | 47.6 | 49.2 | 48.7 | 52.0 |
Socioeconomic status | ||||||
 Most disadvantage, 0–20% | 58.7 | 58.5 | 60.0 | 42.0 | 42.9 | 20.5 |
 21–40% | 21.7 | 22.4 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 21.3 | 23.2 |
 41–60% | 11.8 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 16.3 |
 61–80% | 4.6 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 22.6 |
 Least disadvantage, 81–100% | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 17.3 |
Geographical remoteness | ||||||
 Major cities | 59.1 | 59.1 | 32.2 | 81.9 | 81.5 | 70.6 |
 Inner regional | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
 Outer regional | 13.4 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 10.1 |
 Remotea | 11.0 | 9.6 | 20.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
 Very remotea | 12.0 | 10.5 | 23.2 |  |  |  |
Infants (n) | 944 | 1283 | 2923 | 439 | 511 | 3791 |