Table 2
Number and percentage of households that received formal home care in the past year, by socioeconomic characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016

Table 2
Number and percentage of households that received formal home care in the past year, by socioeconomic characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of households that received formal home care in the past year. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Formal home care services, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	Formal home care services
	%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to
Total	6.4	6.2	6.6
Household type
Person living alone^{Table 2 Note †}	7.6	7.2	8.1
Couple alone	5.9^Note *	5.6	6.3
Parent(s) with child(ren) under 25	4.9^Note *	4.6	5.3
Parent(s) with child(ren) 25 or older	12.8^Note *	11.6	14.2
Other	4.4^Note *	3.5	5.5
Place of residence
Rural area (less than 1,000)	6.9^Note *	6.5	7.4
Small population centre (1,000 to 29,999)	7.8^Note *	7.2	8.4
Medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999)	7.4^Note *	6.7	8.1
Large urban population centre (100,000 or more)^{Table 2 Note †}	5.9	5.6	6.2
Household education
Postsecondary^{Table 2 Note †}	5.4	5.2	6.5
Secondary graduation or less	9.0^Note *	8.5	5.7
Main source of household income
Social assistance / OAS / GIS^{Table 2 Note †}	13.4	12.3	14.6
Other	5.7^Note *	5.5	5.9
Household income
$0 to $39,999	9.7^Note *	9.1	10.2
$40,000 to $59,999	6.6^Note *	6.0	7.2
$60,000 to $79,999	5.8^Note *	5.3	6.4
$80,000 or more^{Table 2 Note †}	4.4	4.1	4.7
Dwelling ownership
Own^{Table 2 Note †}	6.1	5.9	6.4
Rent	7.1^Note *	6.7	7.6
Province/territory
Nova Scotia	7.8^Note *	6.9	8.8
Northwest Territories	7.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.1	10.1
Quebec	7.1^Note *	6.6	7.6
New Brunswick	7.0	5.9	8.1
Ontario	6.7	6.3	7.2
Prince Edward Island	6.4	5.2	7.7
Newfoundland and Labrador	6.2	5.1	7.4
Alberta	6.0	5.4	6.6
Nunavut	5.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.7	9.4
Manitoba	5.7	4.8	6.7
Saskatchewan	5.4^Note *	4.6	6.4
British Columbia	4.9^Note *	4.4	5.4
Yukon	3.8^Note *	2.9	5.0
^E use with caution Note † reference category; for province/territory, reference category is all other provinces and territories combined Return to note † referrer Note * significantly different from reference group (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2015/2016.

Date modified:: 2018-09-19

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Number and percentage of households that received formal home care in the past year, by socioeconomic characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016