Table 1
Prevalence of positive self-perceived health, loneliness and life dissatisfaction, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

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Table summary
This table displays the results of prevalence of positive self-perceived health. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), positive self-perceived health, loneliness and life dissatisfaction (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Positive self-perceived health	Loneliness	Life dissatisfaction
Total	76.5	19.6	17.0
Number of frequent social activities
None^{Note †}	63.1	29.0	27.8
One	71.3^{Note *}	20.2^{Note *}	21.2^{Note *}
Two	78.5^{Note *}	18.1^{Note *}	15.2^{Note *}
Three	84.0^{Note *}	17.0^{Note *}	13.0^{Note *}
Four	86.2^{Note *}	14.3^{Note *}	10.0^{Note *}
Five	88.3^{Note *}	14.5^{Note *}	6.6^{Note *}
Six or more	89.6^{Note *}	12.8^{Note *}	5.7^{Note E: Use with caution}Note *
Age group
65 to 74^{Note †}	80.3	18.7	15.3
75 to 84	73.2^{Note *}	19.5	18.1^{Note *}
85 or older	67.7^{Note *}	25.1^{Note *}	22.7^{Note *}
Sex
Men^{Note †}	76.7	14.2	16.4
Women	76.3	24.1^{Note *}	17.5
Household income
Lowest^{Note †}	69.0	24.3	23.2
Low-middle	77.6^{Note *}	20.1^{Note *}	15.5^{Note *}
Middle	82.4^{Note *}	16.6^{Note *}	13.4^{Note *}
High-middle	85.6^{Note *}	14.1^{Note *}	9.1^{Note *}
Highest	86.6^{Note *}	12.0^{Note *}	10.4^{Note *}
Education
Less than secondary graduation^{Note †}	69.1	22.0	21.4
Secondary graduation	80.2^{Note *}	18.8^{Note *}	15.1^{Note *}
Some postsecondary	80.7^{Note *}	18.8	16.0^{Note *}
Postsecondary graduation	82.7^{Note *}	17.7^{Note *}	13.1^{Note *}
Retirement status
Retired^{Note †}	75.4	21.0	17.6
Not completely retired	88.4^{Note *}	14.4^{Note *}	11.6^{Note *}
Disability
None^{Note †}	94.6	8.8	6.3
Mild	89.6^{Note *}	13.1^{Note *}	8.1
Moderate	74.4^{Note *}	23.6^{Note *}	18.7^{Note *}
Severe	50.3^{Note *}	32.2^{Note *}	35.7^{Note *}
Risk behaviours
None^{Note †}	88.2	15.6	9.5
One	71.4^{Note *}	21.3^{Note *}	20.3^{Note *}
Two	62.5^{Note *}	24.5^{Note *}	26.3^{Note *}
Three	58.3^{Note *}	35.1^{Note E: Use with caution}Note *	30.4^{Note E: Use with caution}
Social support
Low positive social interaction^{Note †}	71.2	37.3	26.4
High positive social interaction	80.4^{Note *}	10.7^{Note *}	12.0^{Note *}
Low tangible^{Note †}	71.7	33.7	24.1
High tangible	79.3^{Note *}	12.0^{Note *}	13.2^{Note *}
Low emotional/Informational^{Note †}	72.1	32.7	24.0
High emotional/Informational	79.5^{Note *}	11.6^{Note *}	12.7^{Note *}
Low affection^{Note †}	71.2	34.0	25.2
High affection	79.7^{Note *}	11.7^{Note *}	12.5^{Note *}
^† reference group * significantly different from reference group (p<0.05) ^E interpret with caution Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey—Healthy Aging.

Table 1 Prevalence of positive self-perceived health, loneliness and life dissatisfaction, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

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Table 1
Prevalence of positive self-perceived health, loneliness and life dissatisfaction, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009