Table 2
Number and percentage reporting social isolation, by selected characteristics and sex, household population aged 45 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009 Table 2
Number and percentage reporting social isolation, by selected characteristics and sex, household population aged 45 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

Table 2
Number and percentage reporting social isolation, by selected characteristics and sex, household population aged 45 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage reporting social isolation. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Men, Women, Number ’000, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	Men				Women
	Number ’000	%	95% confidence interval		Number ’000	%	95% confidence interval
	Number ’000	%	from	to	Number ’000	%	from	to
Total	775	12.3	11.3	13.4	1,106	16.0^{Table 2 Note ‡}	15.0	17.2
Age group
45 to 59	495	14.1^Note *	12.3	16.0	636	17.4^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	15.7	19.3
60 to 74^{Table 2 Note †}	202	10.1	8.9	11.3	303	13.9^{Table 2 Note ‡}	12.7	15.2
75 or older	78	10.1	8.7	11.7	167	15.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.1	17.3
Labour force participation
45 to 74
Yes	477	12.1	10.6	13.8	537	15.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.9	17.3
No^{Table 2 Note †}	298	12.6	11.3	14.0	568	16.5^{Table 2 Note ‡}	15.2	17.9
45 to 59
Yes	399	12.9^Note *	11.1	14.9	464	16.2^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.3	18.3
No^{Table 2 Note †}	95	23.1	18.2	29.0	171	21.9	18.1	26.3
60 to 74
Yes	77	9.4	7.6	11.5	73	12.4^{Table 2 Note ‡}	10.3	14.8
No^{Table 2 Note †}	125	10.6	9.1	12.2	230	14.5^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.0	16.1
Household education
Postsecondary or higher^{Table 2 Note †}	501	11.4	10.1	12.7	707	16.0^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.5	17.5
Less than postsecondary	255	14.8^Note *	13.0	16.7	377	16.3	14.8	17.9
Marital status
Single, never married	108	26.0^Note *	21.3	31.3	95	22.4^Note *	18.6	26.6
Married/Common-law^{Table 2 Note †}	459	9.1	8.0	10.3	623	13.4^{Table 2 Note ‡}	12.0	14.9
Widowed, separated, divorced	207	25.5^Note *	22.3	29.0	388	21.5^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	19.9	23.1
Living arrangements
Alone	259	26.2^Note *	23.5	29.1	326	21.1^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	19.6	22.7
With others^{Table 2 Note †}	511	9.7	8.6	10.9	773	14.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.3	15.9
Regular driver
Yes	678	11.7^Note *	10.6	12.9	779	14.8^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.7	16.1
No^{Table 2 Note †}	97	19.2	16.2	22.6	326	20.0	18.1	22.0
Hearing difficulty
None^{Table 2 Note †}	689	12.0	10.8	13.2	1,011	15.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.5	16.8
Any hearing difficulty	72	14.7	12.1	17.8	82	23.2^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	19.1	27.7
Mild	40	15.8	12.2	20.2	38	22.6^Note *	17.4	28.8
Moderate or severe	32	13.6	10.3	17.8	44	23.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	18.1	30.3
Hearing status
Corrected	54	16.1	12.7	20.1	51	20.9	16.9	25.4
Uncorrected^{Table 2 Note †}	18	11.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.3	16.1	31	29.1^{Table 2 Note ‡}	20.9	39.0
Moderate/Severe functional impairment
Vision
Yes	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	18.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.9	27.0	36	26.5^Note *	20.5	33.5
No^{Table 2 Note †}	754	12.2	11.1	13.3	1,066	15.9^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.8	17.0
Speech
Yes	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
No^{Table 2 Note †}	774	12.3	11.2	13.4	1,104	16.0^{Table 2 Note ‡}	15.0	17.1
Mobility
Yes	37	16.7^Note *	13.2	21.0	110	25.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	22.5	29.2
No^{Table 2 Note †}	738	12.1	11.1	13.3	995	15.4^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.3	16.6
Dexterity
Yes	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	27.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.4	41.6
No^{Table 2 Note †}	774	12.3	11.3	13.5	1,098	16.0^{Table 2 Note ‡}	15.0	17.1
Pain
Yes	157	17.0^Note *	14.3	20.2	331	23.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	21.1	26.5
No^{Table 2 Note †}	618	11.5	10.4	12.7	773	14.1^{Table 2 Note ‡}	12.9	15.3
Emotion
Yes	100	43.0^Note *	36.3	49.9	137	52.0^Note *	45.8	58.1
No^{Table 2 Note †}	672	11.1	10.1	12.2	967	14.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.6	15.7
Cognition
Yes	103	27.9^Note *	22.1	34.5	151	34.5^Note *	28.7	40.8
No^{Table 2 Note †}	672	11.3	10.3	12.5	954	14.8^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.8	15.8
Incontinence
Yes	35	14.2	11.2	17.9	117	22.3^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	19.3	25.5
No^{Table 2 Note †}	739	12.2	11.1	13.4	989	15.5^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.5	16.7
Fear of falling
Yes	67	15.3^Note *	12.9	18.0	184	19.5^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	17.4	21.8
No^{Table 2 Note †}	707	12.1	11.0	13.3	921	15.5^{Table 2 Note ‡}	14.4	16.7
Daily stress
High (quite a bit /extremely stressful)	204	16.7^Note *	14.2	19.5	343	22.8^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	19.9	26.0
Low^{Table 2 Note †} (not at all/not very/a bit stressful)	570	11.2	10.1	12.5	762	14.2^{Table 2 Note ‡}	13.1	15.3
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ significantly different from estimate for men (p < 0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging.

Date modified:: 2017-07-12

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