Appendix Table A.6 Logistic regression results: Variables in logistic regression of factors associated with households which treat drinking water1

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Variable  Coefficient
(β)		 Boot-strapped standard error P-value Odds ratio
Constant -0.381 0.107 0.00 0.68
Family size 0.026 0.031 0.40 1.03
Age of household members
Aged 0 to 15 -0.004 0.082 0.96 1.00
Aged 16 to 24 0.134 0.072 0.06 1.14
Aged 25 to 44 0.084 0.071 0.24 1.09
Aged 45 to 54 -0.080 0.066 0.22 0.92
Aged 55+ 0.194 0.074 0.01 1.21
Education
High school graduate (no post-secondary) -0.132 0.100 0.19 0.88
Some post-secondary 0.081 0.079 0.31 1.08
University degree 0.236 0.088 0.01 1.27
Income bracket ($)
20,000 to 29,999 -0.011 0.099 0.91 0.99
30,000 to 39,999 -0.078 0.101 0.44 0.93
40,000 to 49,999 -0.041 0.107 0.70 0.96
50,000 to 59,999 0.111 0.110 0.31 1.12
60,000 to 79,999 0.168 0.104 0.11 1.18
80,000 to 99,999 0.250 0.106 0.02 1.28
100,000 and over 0.152 0.098 0.12 1.16
Type of water source
Private 0.069 0.056 0.22 1.07
Type of drinking water
Combination -0.065 0.059 0.27 0.94
Location
Census agglomeration -0.196 0.064 0.00 0.82
Rural -0.336 0.051 0.00 0.71
Vancouver 0.260 0.096 0.01 1.30
Toronto 0.542 0.090 0.00 1.72
Montreal -0.686 0.151 0.00 0.50
1. Excludes households who primarily drink bottled water.
Note: Coefficients that are bold are statistically significant at the 10 percent level of significance. See Box 3 for methodology.
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey (HES), 2006.
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