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Table 1
Prevalence of social isolation measures by sociodemographic characteristics, by sex, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008 to 2009

Table 1
Prevalence of social isolation measures by sociodemographic characteristics, by sex, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of social isolation measures by sociodemographic characteristics. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Low participation, Subjective isolation, Men, Women, Number ''000, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Low participation								Subjective isolation
	Men				Women				Men				Women
	Number ''000	%	95% confidence interval		Number ''000	%	95% confidence interval		Number ''000	%	95% confidence interval		Number ''000	%	95% confidence interval
	Number ''000	%	from	to	Number ''000	%	from	to	Number ''000	%	from	to	Number ''000	%	from	to
Overall	470	24.7	22.9	26.5	548	23.5	21.8	25.2	182	9.6	8.4	10.9	343	14.8	13.6	16.2
Age group
65 to 74^{Table 1 Note †}	267	23.8	21.7	26.1	276	22.2	19.8	24.8	107	9.6	8.1	11.3	174	14.1	12.4	16.1
75 or older	203	25.9	23.3	28.6	271	25.0	22.9	27.1	75	9.6	8.1	11.2	169	15.7	14.0	17.5
Education
Post-secondary^{Table 1 Note †}	259	23.2	20.9	25.8	244	21.3	19.2	23.5	89	8.0	6.6	9.7	161	14.1	12.3	16.1
Less than post-secondary	201	26.6	24.2	29.2	283	25.0^Note *	22.8	27.3	88	11.7^Note *	10.0	13.8	175	15.6	13.8	17.5
Marital & living arrangement
Married / common-law^{Table 1 Note †}	356	23.4	21.4	25.5	260	22.5	19.8	25.4	95	6.3	5.2	7.5	133	11.5	9.5	13.9
Not married / common-law
Living with others	29	41.5^Note *	32.6	51.0	94	34.5^Note *	30.0	39.4	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.5^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.2	23.7	55	20.4^Note *	16.2	25.3
Living alone	85	27.3^Note *	24.3	30.6	194	21.5	19.7	23.4	75	24.2^Note *	20.6	28.2	155	17.4^Note *	15.9	19.1
Place of residence
Urban^{Table 1 Note †}	121	27.4	23.9	31.4	112	23.9	20.8	27.4	39^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.9	6.6	11.9	59	12.8	10.0	16.2
Rural	349	23.8	21.9	25.9	436	23.4	21.5	25.4	143	9.8	8.5	11.2	284	15.4	13.9	16.9
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA) linked to Canadian Vital Statistics Database (CVSD) up to December 31, 2017.

Date modified:: 2020-06-17