Table 2
Distribution of percentages reporting mental health consultations by selected socioeconomic and immigration-related characteristics for immigrants, by admission category, relative to the Canadian-born population^{Table 2 Note ‡}

Table 2
Distribution of percentages reporting mental health consultations by selected socioeconomic and immigration-related characteristics for immigrants, by admission category, relative to the Canadian-born population‡
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of percentages reporting mental health consultations by selected socioeconomic and immigration-related characteristics for immigrants Canadian-born, All immigrants and Immigrant category, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	Canadian-born	All immigrants	Economic class	Family class	Refugee
	Canadian-born	All immigrants	Immigrant category
	percent
Age (years)
12 to 24	12.6	7.6^Note *	7.8^Note *	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
25 to 39	18.9	7.9^Note *	8.1^Note *	8.6^Note *	5.0^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
40 to 64	15.3	7.1^Note *	6.5^Note *	7.8^Note *	8.6^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
65 and older	6.9	5.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.8^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Sex
Male	9.8	5.4^Note *	5.6^Note *	5.8^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.4^Note *
Female	18.5	9.2^Note *	9.1^Note *	9.2^Note *	9.6^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Duration since landing
Recent (in Canada within 10 years of landing)	Note ...: not applicable	6.2^Note *	5.7^Note *	7.9^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Established (in Canada for 10 years or more)	Note ...: not applicable	8.0^Note *	8.5^Note *	7.8^Note *	7.5^Note *
World source region
United States +	Note ...: not applicable	14.2	14.7	15.2	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Latin America and Caribbean	Note ...: not applicable	7.9^Note *	7.6^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.6^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.3^{Note E: Use with caution}
Eastern Europe	Note ...: not applicable	10.1^Note *	10.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.3^{Note E: Use with caution}
Sub-Saharan Africa	Note ...: not applicable	8.2^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
North Africa, Middle East and West Asia	Note ...: not applicable	8.5^Note *	7.6^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	12.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.8^{Note E: Use with caution}
South Asia	Note ...: not applicable	4.8^Note *	5.9^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.9^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Southeast Asia	Note ...: not applicable	4.8^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.7^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
East Asia	Note ...: not applicable	3.6^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.9^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Official language proficiency
Both English and French	14.2	9.5^Note *	9.1^Note *	11.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.3^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
English only	15.2	7.1^Note *	7.1^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.9^Note *	6.4^Note *
French only	10.4	8.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.6	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	10.7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Neither English nor French	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Education
Less than postsecondary	12.6	6.2^Note *	5.5^Note *	6.1^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.9^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Postsecondary graduation	15.5	7.9^Note *	7.8^Note *	9.0^Note *	6.0^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Marital status
Married or common-law	12.3	6.3^Note *	6.4^Note *	6.8^Note *	5.0^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Widowed, separated or divorced	18.3	12.3^Note *	11.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.5^{Note E: Use with caution}
Single (never married)	15.8	8.3^Note *	8.5^Note *	9.3^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.4^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Income (health region decile)
Lower 20%	19.3	7.3^Note *	5.3^Note *	8.9^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.2^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Middle 60%	13.8	7.2^Note *	8.2^Note *	6.6^Note *	5.1^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Upper 20%	11.9	8.4^Note *	8.0	9.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.4^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Employment
Had a job	14.0	6.7^Note *	7.2^Note *	6.2^Note *	6.3^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Did not have a job the week before	15.2	8.2^Note *	7.7^Note *	10.1^Note *	5.4^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Permanently unable to work	38.1	32.0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	32.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	29.6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Sense of belonging to local community
Weak	17.2	10.1^Note *	9.9^Note *	12.0^Note *	7.8^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Strong	12.5	6.0^Note *	5.9^Note *	6.0^Note *	6.2^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Self-rated mental health
Classified as high (very good or excellent)	8.1	4.3^Note *	4.6^Note *	4.3^Note *	3.7^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
Low (good, fair or poor)	30.2	14.4^Note *	14.2^Note *	15.2^Note *	12.8^Note *^{Note E: Use with caution}
... not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act ^E use with caution Note * significantly different from the reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note ‡ includes respondents from British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut who participated in the mental health consultation module and question Return to note ‡ referrer Note: Proportions may not add up to 100% because of missing data. United States+ comprises the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe. Source: 2011-to-2014 Canadian Community Health Survey–Longitudinal Immigration Database linked database.

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Distribution of percentages reporting mental health consultations by selected socioeconomic and immigration-related characteristics for immigrants, by admission category, relative to the Canadian-born population^{Table 2 Note ‡}

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Distribution of percentages reporting mental health consultations by selected socioeconomic and immigration-related characteristics for immigrants, by admission category, relative to the Canadian-born population^{Table 2 Note ‡}