Table 2
Percentage reporting loneliness, by sex, urinary incontinence and selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

Table 2
Percentage reporting loneliness, by sex, urinary incontinence and selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage reporting loneliness. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), men, women, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Men Women
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 25.2 23.6 26.8 40.0Note ‡ 38.4 41.5
Urinary incontinence  
Yes 33.5Note * 28.7 38.8 53.2Note *Note ‡ 49.4 57.0
NoNote † 24.3 22.8 26.0 37.9Note ‡ 36.2 39.6
Demographic characteristics  
Age group  
65 to 74Note † 24.0 22.0 26.0 38.2Note ‡ 36.0 40.5
75 to 84 25.8 23.1 28.6 40.8Note ‡ 38.4 43.2
85 or older 31.7Note * 27.5 36.3 45.0Note *Note ‡ 41.5 48.6
Highest level of household education  
Less than postsecondary graduation 28.6Note * 26.3 31.1 42.7Note *Note ‡ 40.5 45.0
Postsecondary graduationNote † 22.7 20.7 24.8 37.5Note ‡ 35.3 39.7
Living arrangements  
With othersNote † 18.9 17.2 20.6 31.5Note ‡ 29.3 33.9
Alone 54.2Note * 51.1 57.3 52.6 Note * 50.5 54.6
Social characteristics  
Social support  
High (score of 100 on total social support scale)† 12.7 10.6 15.1 21.2Note ‡ 18.7 24.0
Low 33.0Note * 30.9 35.2 46.6Note *Note ‡ 44.7 48.5
Social participation  
Frequent (at least once/week)Note † 22.9 21.3 24.7 36.3Note ‡ 34.6 38.1
Infrequent 31.7Note * 28.6 34.9 51.9Note *Note ‡ 48.4 55.4
Functional health  
No/Mild disabilityNote † 19.6 17.9 21.3 30.3Note ‡ 28.3 32.4
Moderate/Severe disability 33.0Note * 30.3 35.8 50.6Note *Note ‡ 48.3 52.9
Note †

reference category

Note *

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

Note ‡

significantly different from men (p<0.05)

Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA).
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