Table 1
Prevalence of and adjusted odds ratios for viewing television 15 or more hours per week, by selected characteristics, household population aged 20 years or older, Canada, 2007

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  View television 15 or more hours per week
% 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval
Total 29.2 28.6 to 29.8 ... ...
Sex
Male 29.5 28.6 to 30.3 1.1* 1.1 to 1.2
Female† 28.9 28.1 to 29.7 1.0 …
Age group
20 to 24 20.0* 18.1 to 22.0 0.6* 0.5 to 0.7
25 to 34 22.4* 21.0 to 23.8 0.8* 0.7 to 0.9
35 to 44 21.5* 20.3 to 22.7 0.8* 0.7 to 0.9
45 to 54† 26.1 24.8 to 27.4 1.0 …
55 to 64 36.1* 34.6 to 37.5 1.6* 1.4 to 1.7
65 to 74 46.9* 45.1 to 48.7 2.1* 1.9 to 2.4
75 or older 52.1* 50.4 to 53.9 2.4* 2.1 to 2.6
Marital status (aged 25 to 54 years)
Married/Common-law† 22.3 21.4 to 23.2 1.0 …
Divorced/Separated/Widowed 24.6 22.4 to 26.9 1.0 0.9 to 1.1
Never married 26.9* 25.4 to 28.5 1.1* 1.0 to 1.2
Education
Less than secondary graduation 47.4* 45.9 to 48.8 1.8* 1.7 to 1.9
Secondary graduation 33.8* 32.2 to 35.3 1.4* 1.3 to 1.5
Some postsecondary 30.6* 28.1 to 33.1 1.3* 1.1 to 1.5
Postsecondary graduation† 23.6 22.9 to 24.4 1.0 …
Household income quintile
1 (lowest) 39.2* 37.7 to 40.7 1.4* 1.3 to 1.6
2 31.5* 30.1 to 32.9 1.1 1.0 to 1.2
3† 28.1 26.7 to 29.4 1.0 …
4 25.1* 23.8 to 26.4 0.9* 0.8 to 1.0
5 (highest) 22.1* 20.8 to 23.4 0.8* 0.7 to 0.9
Urban/Rural status
Rural† 31.0 29.9 to 32.1 1.0 …
Urban: population less than 30,000 32.2 30.7 to 33.7 1.1 1.0 to 1.2
Urban: population 30,000 to 99,999 35.2* 33.2 to 37.2 1.2* 1.1 to 1.3
Urban: population 100,000 to 499,999 32.0 30.7 to 33.3 1.1* 1.0 to 1.2
Urban: population 500,000 or more 26.1* 25.1 to 27.1 0.9* 0.8 to 1.0
Immigrant status
Immigrant: 0 to 9 years in Canada 18.9* 16.1 to 21.7 0.7* 0.6 to 0.9
Immigrant: 10 to 19 years in Canada 24.4* 21.4 to 27.4 0.9 0.7 to 1.1
Immigrant: 20 or more years in Canada 31.5 29.6 to 33.4 0.8* 0.8 to 0.9
Canadian-born† 30.1 29.4 to 30.8 1.0 …
Employment status (aged 25 to 54 years)
Employment full-time 20.8* 20.0 to 21.6 0.5* 0.4 to 0.5
Employment part-time 24.4* 21.8 to 27.0 0.6* 0.5 to 0.7
Not employed† 37.4 35.2 to 39.5 1.0 …
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05)
Note: The odds ratios for employment status are based on a model including all variables in the table for the population aged 25 to 54 years. All other odds ratios are based on a model for the population aged 20 years or older and exclude employment status.
Source: 2007 Canadian Community Health Survey.