Table 1
Percentage distribution (weighted) of selected characteristics of study sample, household population aged 25 or older, Canada, 2000/2001

Table 1
Percentage distribution (weighted) of selected characteristics of study sample, household population aged 25 or older, Canada, 2000/2001
Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage distribution (weighted) of selected characteristics of study sample. The information is grouped by selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics Percent 95% confidence interval
from to
Smoking status  
Never smoker 41.4 41.0 41.9
Current daily smoker 26.1 25.7 26.5
Other 32.5 32.0 32.9
Sex  
Women 51.2 51.1 51.4
Men 48.8 48.6 48.9
Age group  
25 to 44 46.4 46.3 46.6
45 to 64 35.7 35.6 35.8
65 or older 17.9 17.8 17.9
Marital status  
Single, never married 13.7 13.5 14.1
Married/Common-law 71.0 70.4 71.3
Separated 3.0 2.8 3.1
Divorced 5.7 5.6 6.0
Windowed 6.6 6.4 6.7
Education  
Less than secondary graduation 23.4 23.0 23.8
Secondary graduation 37.9 37.4 38.3
A least some postsecondary 19.8 19.4 20.2
University degree 19.0 18.5 19.4
Income quintile  
Lowest 17.4 16.9 17.7
Lower-middle 17.9 17.5 18.2
Middle 18.1 17.8 18.5
Upper-middle 18.1 17.7 18.4
Highest 18.9 18.5 19.3
Missing 9.7 9.5 10.0
Employment status  
Employed 63.9 63.6 64.3
Not in labour force 32.6 32.3 33.0
Unemployed 3.4 3.3 3.6
Dwelling ownership  
No 27.5 27.1 28.1
Yes 72.5 71.9 72.9
Household size  
One 14.8 14.6 15.2
Two 34.8 34.5 35.3
Three 18.8 18.4 19.2
Four 19.4 19.0 19.8
Five 8.0 7.7 8.2
Six or more 4.2 3.9 4.4
Aboriginal ancestry  
No 97.2 97.1 97.4
Yes 2.8 2.6 2.9
Visible minority status  
Non-White 14.1 13.6 14.5
White 85.9 85.5 86.4
Region of birth  
Canada 76.2 75.9 76.8
Other North America 1.3 1.2 1.4
South/Central America/Caribbean 2.5 2.3 2.7
Europe and Oceania 11.0 10.7 11.3
Africa 1.2 1.1 1.4
Asia 7.7 7.4 8.0
Rural/Urban indicator  
Rural area (farm and non-farm) 18.3 17.7 18.8
Small urban area (less than 30,000) 15.0 14.7 15.5
Urban area (30,000 to 99,999) 9.7 9.3 10.0
Urban area (100,000 to 499,999) 11.4 11.1 11.7
Urban area (500,000 or more) 45.6 45.0 46.1
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