abstract: 'Objectives Little is known about the nature of health inequalities

  present among women who are mothers of young children in Canada.

  Therefore, the purpose of the study is to identify dimensions of

  inequalities based on socio-economic position, race, partner status, and

  region and determine whether each type of inequality is independent of

  another.

  Methods Data are from the 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey. Women

  identifying as a parent living with a child <= 5 years, with complete

  data on the variables of interest, were selected (n = 2656). Poor health

  was defined as the presence of two or more chronic conditions. Exposures

  included partner status, education level, race, income, and region

  (Quebec vs. rest of Canada). Logistic regression was used to estimate

  the odds of poor health according to each exposure unadjusted and

  adjusted for all other exposures. All analyses controlled for age and

  employment status.

  Results In the fully adjusted model, among mothers of young children,

  the odds of poor health were significantly higher among non-white

  identifying (OR = 1.72; 95\% CI = 1.34-2.21) and lone mothers (OR =

  1.80; 95\% CI = 1.35-2.39), but were significantly lower among those

  with higher incomes (OR{[}per decile] = 0.86; 95\% CI = 0.82-0.90) and

  those from Quebec (vs. the rest of Canada; OR = 0.50; 95\% CI =

  0.38-0.67).

  Conclusions Living in Quebec compared to elsewhere in Canada appears to

  protect against poor health among mothers of young children. Regardless

  of region, health inequalities exist by socio-economic position, race,

  and partnership status. These findings have implications for public

  health programs and policies, such as universal child care.'
affiliation: 'Brennenstuhl, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Toronto, Lawrence Bloomberg
  Fac Nursing, 155 Coll St, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8, Canada.

  Brennenstuhl, Sarah, Univ Toronto, Lawrence Bloomberg Fac Nursing, 155 Coll St,
  Toronto, ON M5T 1P8, Canada.'
author: Brennenstuhl, Sarah
author-email: Sarah.Brennenstuhl@utoronto.ca
author_list:
- family: Brennenstuhl
  given: Sarah
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0038-5
eissn: 1920-7476
files: []
issn: 0008-4263
journal: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
keywords: 'Quebec; Maternal health; Lone mothers; Education level; Income; Social

  policy'
keywords-plus: 'SELF-RATED HEALTH; WELFARE REGIMES; WOMENS HEALTH; LONE MOTHERS; FAMILY;

  DISPARITIES; HOUSEHOLD; EDUCATION; POLICY; WORK'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '28'
pages: 27-34
papis_id: 8963fc7d02c706c7ac1d66006e3ba99c
ref: Brennenstuhl2018healthmothers
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Health of mothers of young children in Canada: identifying dimensions of inequality
  based on socio-economic position, partnership status, race, and region'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000430324900005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '109'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2018'