Table 2 Unemployment in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (N = 2493)
From: Chronic disease and malnutrition biomarkers among unemployed immigrants and Canadian born adults
| Â | Total | Unemployed | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Â | Â | 0.018 |
 18–29 | 586 | 117 (19.97) |  |
 30–44 | 956 | 180 (18.83) |  |
 45–55 | 627 | 123 (19.62) |  |
 56–65 | 324 | 87 (26.85) |  |
Gender | Â | Â | 0.165 |
 Men | 1234 | 237 (19.21) |  |
 Women | 1259 | 270 (21.45) |  |
Immigrant | Â | Â | 0.013 |
 No | 2000 | 387 (19.35) |  |
 Yes | 492 | 120 (24.39) |  |
Education |  |  | <  0.001 |
 < High school | 127 | 48 (37.80) |  |
 High school | 1028 | 220 (21.40) |  |
 Some college | 628 | 115 (18.31) |  |
 University | 699 | 123 (17.60) |  |
Province | Â | Â | 0.624 |
 Ontario | 919 | 191 (20.78) |  |
 Quebec | 664 | 139 (20.93) |  |
 Alberta | 363 | 66 (18.18) |  |
 British Columbia | 354 | 77 (21.75) |  |
 New Brunswick | 193 | 34 (17.62) |  |
BMI | Â | Â | Â |
 < 30 Kg/m2 | 1896 | 366 (19.30) | 0.014 |
 30 kg/m2 and over | 561 | 135 (20.06) |  |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â |
 Very active | 503 | 103 (20.48) | 0.915 |
 Active | 631 | 132 (20.92) |  |
 Inactive | 1283 | 226 (20.11) |  |
Smoking | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 1882 | 343 (18.23) | <  0.001 |
 Yes | 575 | 158 (27.48) |  |