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Table 6 Comparison of rural non-farm and rural farm populations

From: Childhood asthma, asthma severity indicators, and related conditions along an urban-rural gradient: a cross-sectional study

 

Rural non-farm

(n = 191)

Rural Farm

(n = 523)

p-value

All Children

 Mean age (SD), years

9.8 (2.6)

9.5 (2.6)

0.26

 % Female

43.1

48.4

0.21

 % >high school (maternal)

68.9

78.1

0.01

 Ethnic background

  % Caucasian

70.1

78.3

 

  % First Nations or Metis

24.1

17.0

 

  % Other ethnic background

5.9

4.7

0.07

 % Maternal smoking

18.0

19.1

0.74

 % Paternal smoking

30.1

23.9

0.10

 % Dampness in the home

19.1

16.7

0.48

 % Home mould

10.1

11.2

0.68

 % With ever asthma

15.1

15.1

1.00

 % With current asthma

10.2

11.2

0.73

 % With ever wheeze

29.3

26.8

0.52

 % With current wheeze

12.4

13.4

0.72

Among children with ever asthma

 % With ever wheeze

92.3

89.3

0.66

 % With current wheeze

44.0

58.9

0.20