Table A
Selected socio-demographic characteristics of plausible respondents, under-reporters and over-reporters, household population aged 12 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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Characteristics All respondents Plausible respondents Under- reporters Over- reporters
Average age (years) 42.9 42.6 44.5* 39.6*
  %
Sex (female) 49.5 49.6 50.6 44.8
Body mass index category
Normal 42.3 44.8 31.9* 61.4*
Overweight 35.3 35.1 37.8 29.0*
Obese 22.4 20.1 30.3* 9.6*
Leisure-time physical activity
Sedentary 18.4 18.5 16.1 24.9*
Low active 74.5 75.2 75.0 69.5*
Active 6.6 5.9 8.2* 5.4E
Very active 0.5 0.5E 0.7E F
Education
Less than secondary graduation 9.8 9.1 11.1* 10.0
Secondary graduation 10.5 9.8 12.8* 7.6
Some postsecondary 7.2 7.1 8.0 5.3
Postsecondary graduation 70.3 71.8 66.1* 75.2
Daily fruit and vegetable consumption
Fewer than 5 servings 68.0 67.2 70.8* 63.4
5 to 10 servings 30.4 31.3 27.6* 34.4
More than 10 servicing 1.3 1.0E 1.4E F
Household income
Low 2.6 2.1 3.3* 2.7
Low/Middle 5.6 5.4 6.2 4.8
Middle 19.3 19.0 20.3 17.3
Middle/High 33.1 33.3 31.5 37.4
High 30.4 31.4 29.6 27.3
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.3E
Prince Edward Island 0.4 0.4 0.5* 0.3E
Nova Scotia 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.1*,E
New Brunswick 2.4 2.5 2.5 1.7*
Quebec 24.0 25.8 18.3* 32.2*
Ontario 39.0 37.5 43.6* 32.0*
Manitoba 3.5 3.3 4.0* 2.9
Saskatchewan 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.5E
Alberta 9.8 9.2 10.8* 9.4
British Columbia 13.3 13.5 12.2 15.6
* significantly different from estimate for plausible respondents (p < 0.05)
Note: Ratio of engery intake (EI) to enegry expenditure (EE) of plausible respondents is between 0.70 and 1.42.
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition.