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. Teenagers who have lost a ‘Brunswick (390), - Peince” “4382) and Alberta (356). _ respectively, 320, g10- ‘and. The Fesearchets: asi the tower’ fertility levels of -rhanufacturets, consumers, - “‘darbohydeate._ ‘food: would,
_ parent through separation, — ‘Edward. Island’ (383), - Ontario, British Columbia 294 children — per ‘1,000 "found that women wholeave’ the - régions to: which they “hospitals, drug: ‘conipantes bring the: amount up to 40.
idivorce or death are more . Manitoba (370), Nova Scotia . and Quebec trailed . with, “women. : as the Atlantic region adopted ~ moved — “and: others” in- Canada, - » miligrams per logram,

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| aspects of their health and. Dots
‘safety, a Montreal study:
| indicates.
i In a study of more. ihan .
i 4,300 Montreal students, Dr. |
| Jean-Francois. Saucier of
~ the University of Montreal _
(and. sociologist Anne- Marie’
! Ambert of York University,
‘Taranto, found. that. .
i teenagers who had intact -
‘homes "smoked fewer _
_ Scigarettes on average than
teenagers who had lost a”
{parent through separation
jor divorce, ; Awere less likely
jto have engaged ‘in ‘ex-
- leessive dririking and more
‘likely to use seatbelts.
The ‘ researchers also
’ found that teenagers who
‘had lest a parent through
death were more careful | |
than teenagers from homes 4
- affected by separation or
divorce but not as,careful as
teenagers - from intact
homes, particularly with
regard to smoking. -
The researchers say that
teenagers who have lost a
_parent aré ‘known to have
lower-than-average " self--.
. esteem and therefore may .
_ be more . likely to try to
impress their. peers by-
‘aeting,.“‘adult’ in their
approach ta smoking and
{ drinking. ”

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‘ * Women in the Atlantic}.
fo rc_juh- have the highest —
~ fertility in Canada, ine |_
“s". dieates a study of regional | |”
differences. in family size? ["
Atlantic. Canada has -
‘maintained its position’ 4s
the most fertile region ‘for -
‘the last 90 years, say”
‘researchers Frank Trovato |
cand -S.S. Malli of | the i re - -
‘University of . Western | ; ’ Na eee ee oo
Ontario's © Population
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_: Population "researchers. |,
‘define fertility as _ th
‘number of children per 1,
_women aged 15 to 45,
>". Using 1976‘ census data;
Trovato and Hall say the
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‘rate was .in Newfoundland, ’ "9 iii : tt : Cad : " ; Be piimt Od eee ‘a igi
- “with: 478 children per 1,000 ; i bode : hia aoe : : ree
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