Table 1 Seniors, men, those who are not married and those with higher incomes are frequent followers of news and current affairs

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Table 1.a Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by demographic characteristics
	% who follow the news daily/weekly
All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently	89
Age
19 to 24¹	79
25 to 44	87*
45 to 64	93*
65 and older	95*
Gender
Women	88*
Men¹	91
Marital Status
Married/Common-Law	91*
Other¹	86
* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.
1. Reference group.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.a Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by demographic characteristics

% who follow the news daily/weekly

All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently

Age

19 to 24¹

25 to 44

87*

45 to 64

93*

65 and older

95*

Gender

Women

88*

Men¹

Marital Status

Married/Common-Law

91*

Other¹

* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.

1. Reference group.

Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.

Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.b Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by work and education
	% who follow the news daily/weekly
All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently	89
Highest Level of Education
No postsecondary	87*
Some Postsecondary¹	91
Occupation Type
Professional/Manager	93*
Other Occupations¹	88
Household Income
Less than $29,999¹	87
$30,000 to $59,999	89*
$60,000 and more	92*
Not Stated	87
* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.
1. Reference group.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.b Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by work and education

% who follow the news daily/weekly

All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently

Highest Level of Education

No postsecondary

87*

Some Postsecondary¹

Occupation Type

Professional/Manager

93*

Other Occupations¹

Household Income

Less than $29,999¹

$30,000 to $59,999

89*

$60,000 and more

92*

Not Stated

* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.

1. Reference group.

Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.

Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.c Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by immigration and language
	% who follow the news daily/weekly
All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently	89
Born in Canada
Yes	89
No¹	90
Language used at home
English¹	89
French	91*
Other	87*
* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.
1. Reference group.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.c Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by immigration and language

% who follow the news daily/weekly

All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently

Born in Canada

Yes

No¹

Language used at home

English¹

French

91*

Other

87*

* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.

1. Reference group.

Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.

Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.d Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by place of residence
	% who follow the news daily/weekly
All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently	89
Region
Atlantic	88*
Quebec	91*
Ontario¹	90
Prairies	88*
BC	88*
Urban/rural area
Montréal	91*
Toronto	92*
Vancouver	89*
Other CMA²	89*
CA³	88*
Rural¹	87
* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.
1. Reference group.
2. Census metropolitan area.
3. Census agglomeration.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.

Table 1.d Frequent followers of news and current affairs, by place of residence

% who follow the news daily/weekly

All respondents 19 years and older who follow the news frequently

Region

Atlantic

88*

Quebec

91*

Ontario¹

Prairies

88*

Urban/rural area

Montréal

91*

Toronto

92*

Vancouver

89*

Other CMA²

89*

CA³

88*

Rural¹

* Significantly different than the reference group at p < 0.05.

1. Reference group.

2. Census metropolitan area.

3. Census agglomeration.

Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2003.

Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," Canadian Social Trends, catalogue number 11-008-XWE.