Table 1 Percentage distribution of participants’ characteristics, CCHS 2015-16, Canada
Sociodemographic characteristics | Weighted % | Missing (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.0 | |
Male | 49.34 | |
Female | 50.66 | |
Ethnicity | 7.6 | |
White | 80.55 | |
Aboriginal | 16.36 | |
Visible minority | 3.09 | |
Age | 0.0 | |
< 24 | 17.53 | |
25–40 | 23.80 | |
41–65 | 40.34 | |
65+ | 18.34 | |
Marital status | 0.3 | |
Married | 46.42 | |
Common-law | 11.36 | |
Widowed/divorced/separated | 12.16 | |
Single | 30.06 | |
Educational level | 1.4 | |
Less than secondary school graduation | 18.48 | |
Secondary school graduation, no post-sec education | 21.82 | |
Post-secondary certificate diploma or university | 59.71 | |
Immigration Status | 3.8 | |
Landed immigrant / non-permanent | 25.31 | |
Non-immigrant (Canadian born) | 74.69 | |
Living arrangement | 0.5 | |
Living alone | 14.41 | |
Living with others | 85.02 | |
Working status − 12 months | 11.2 | |
Yes | 75.71 | |
No | 24.29 | |
Household income | 0.1 | |
No income or less than $20,000 | 7.34 | |
$20,000 to $39,999 | 15.16 | |
$40,000 to $59,999 | 15.05 | |
$60,000 to $79,999 | 14.19 | |
$80,000 or more | 48.26 | |
Physical activity level | 10.0 | |
Active | 38.5 | |
Moderately active | 15.0 | |
Somewhat active | 18.7 | |
Sedentary | 17.9 | |
Body Mass Index/ BMI | 13.4 | |
Underweight or normal | 32.8 | |
Overweight | 31.0 | |
Obese - Class I, II, III | 22.8 | |
Smoking status | 0.1 | |
Daily | 12.3 | |
Occasionally | 5.0 | |
Not at all | 82.7 | |
Alcohol intake | 0.5 | |
Regular drinker | 60.1 | |
Occasional drinker | 16.0 | |
Did not drink in the last 12 months | 23.4 |