Table 1
Characteristics of CCHS and Carrot respondents, British Columbia, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador

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Table 1
Characteristics of CCHS and Carrot respondents, British Columbia, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of CCHS and Carrot respondents. The information is grouped by Variables (appearing as row headers), Panel 1, Panel 2, Respondents of all ages, Respondents aged 25 to 44, CCHS, Carrot and Difference, calculated using percent and percentage points units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Variables Panel 1 Panel 2
Respondents of all ages Respondents aged 25 to 44
CCHS Carrot Difference CCHS Carrot Difference
percent percentage points percent percentage points
Sex
Men 49.0 31.6 -17.4 49.2 32.2 -17.0
Women 51.0 68.4 17.4 50.8 67.8 17.0
Age
13 to 19 9.1 5.8 -3.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
20 to 24 7.2 15.9 8.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
25 to 29 8.1 19.3 11.2 25.8 34.4 8.6
30 to 34 8.5 15.3 6.8 26.8 27.3 0.5
35 to 39 7.5 11.6 4.1 23.9 20.6 -3.3
40 to 44 7.4 10.0 2.6 23.5 17.7 -5.8
45 to 49 8.0 7.5 -0.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
50 to 54 8.8 5.9 -2.9 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
55 to 59 8.1 4.1 -4.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
60 to 64 7.8 2.7 -5.1 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
65 to 69 6.7 1.3 -5.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
70 to 74 4.9 0.5 -4.4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
75 or older 7.9 0.2 -7.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Marital status
Married 50.4 39.9 -10.5 51.8 42.6 -9.2
Common-law 7.9 14.4 6.5 12.9 17.5 4.6
Widowed 4.6 2.6 -2.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.6 Note ...: not applicable
Separated 2.7 3.9 1.2 3.1 3.6 0.5
Divorced 4.9 3.7 -1.2 2.4 2.7 0.3
Single, never married 29.6 35.5 5.9 29.7 32.0 2.3
Highest education level
Less than high school 15.0 3.4 -11.6 4.4 2.2 -2.2
High school diploma or equivalent 25.1 20.0 -5.1 19.0 14.2 -4.8
Trades certificate or diploma 5.9 5.3 -0.6 5.7 4.9 -0.8
College/CEGEP 22.8 25.8 3.0 28.2 27.3 -0.9
University certificate/diploma below bachelor's level 3.8 5.4 1.6 3.9 5.2 1.3
Bachelor's degree 18.4 28.2 9.8 26.1 31.3 5.2
University certificate/diploma/degree above bachelor's level 9.0 12.0 3.0 12.8 14.9 2.1
Immigration status
Born in Canada 66.7 72.6 5.9 65.3 73.6 8.3
Born outside Canada 33.3 27.4 -5.9 34.7 26.4 -8.3
Main activity
Working 54.6 69.1 14.5 76.2 76.7 0.5
Looking for paid work 2.5 4.6 2.1 3.5 3.9 0.4
Going to school 10.8 9.4 -1.4 4.1 4.6 0.5
Caring for children or household work 6.5 7.8 1.3 11.5 10.0 -1.5
Retired 19.8 3.9 -15.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.3 Note ...: not applicable
Other 5.8 5.2 -0.6 4.7 4.5 -0.2
Household income
Less than $20,000 6.9 12.1 5.2 7.1 8.0 0.9
$20,000 to $39,999 12.2 17.2 5.0 10.5 16.2 5.7
$40,000 to $59,999 14.1 18.4 4.3 13.3 19.2 5.9
$60,000 to $79,999 12.6 14.9 2.3 13.1 16.4 3.3
$80,000 to $99,999 11.4 12.7 1.3 12.6 14.1 1.5
$100,000 to $149,999 19.9 15.0 -4.9 22.7 16.7 -6.0
$150,000 or more 23.0 9.6 -13.4 20.8 9.3 -11.5
Place of residence
Rural area (less than 1,000) 13.8 9.0 -4.8 10.5 8.3 -2.2
Small population centre (1,000 to 29,999) 10.0 7.0 -3.0 9.1 6.6 -2.5
Medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999) 9.3 8.0 -1.3 8.5 8.3 -0.2
Large urban population centre (100,000 to 999,999) 19.7 23.4 3.7 19.9 23.4 3.5
Large urban population centre (1,000,000 or more) 47.3 52.5 5.2 51.9 53.4 1.5
Self-assessed mental health
Excellent 32.4 13.8 -18.6 32.5 11.8 -20.7
Very good 36.9 30.6 -6.3 37.6 29.6 -8.0
Good 22.9 33.0 10.1 22.9 35.1 12.2
Fair 6.1 17.1 11.0 5.7 18.1 12.4
Poor 1.7 5.6 3.9 1.3 5.4 4.1
Sense of belonging to local community
Very strong 18.7 8.5 -10.2 15.5 7.1 -8.4
Somewhat strong 52.9 41.9 -11.0 51.2 40.1 -11.1
Somewhat weak 21.7 36.2 14.5 25.0 38.1 13.1
Very weak 6.7 13.4 6.7 8.3 14.7 6.4
Life satisfaction
0—Very dissatisfied 0.4 2.5 2.1 0.1Table 1 Note D 2.1 2.0
1 0.2Table 1 Note C 3.5 3.3 0.1Table 1 Note D 3.1 3.0
2 0.4Table 1 Note C 4.6 4.2 0.3Table 1 Note D 4.3 4.0
3 0.9 4.7 3.8 0.6Table 1 Note C 4.7 4.1
4 1.0 4.5 3.5 1.0Table 1 Note C 4.7 3.7
5 4.7 8.9 4.2 3.7 9.1 5.4
6 5.2 10.6 5.4 5.5 11.1 5.6
7 15.9 22.4 6.5 18.2 23.7 5.5
8 30.9 23.0 -7.9 30.7 23.4 -7.3
9 19.3 9.5 -9.8 19.8 8.9 -10.9
10—Very satisfied 21.2 5.8 -15.4 20.0 5.0 -15.0
Diagnosed with high blood pressure
No 81.6 85.8 4.2 95.5 89.8 -5.7
Yes 18.4 14.2 -4.2 4.5 10.2 5.7
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