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Sense of belonging to local community, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2005


                               Total Very strong or somewhat strong Somewhat weak Very weak Not stated
   number % number % number % number %
Total, 12 years and over 27,131,964 16,907,386 62.3 6,837,827 25.2 2,514,100 9.3 872,652 3.2
Males 13,371,912 8,255,409 61.7 3,414,714 25.5 1,223,830 9.2 477,959 3.6
Females 13,760,052 8,651,977 62.9 3,423,113 24.9 1,290,270 9.4 394,692 2.9
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 2,377,524 70.9 675,689 20.1 202,958 6.1 97,463 2.9
Males 1,716,269 1,208,064 70.4 346,768 20.2 103,872 6.1 57,565 3.4
Females 1,637,366 1,169,460 71.4 328,921 20.1 99,086 6.1 39,898 2.4
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 1,018,781 82.4 125,631 10.2 38,177 3.1 53,176 4.3
Males 648,825 525,272 81.0 73,054 11.3 20,496 3.2 30,003 4.6
Females 586,940 493,509 84.1 52,577 9.0 17,680 E 3.0 E 23,173 3.9
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 1,358,744 64.2 550,058 26.0 164,782 7.8 44,287 2.1
Males 1,067,444 682,792 64.0 273,714 25.6 83,376 7.8 27,562 2.6
Females 1,050,426 675,952 64.4 276,344 26.3 81,406 7.7 16,725 1.6
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 3,468,173 54.0 2,072,451 32.3 765,621 11.9 116,529 1.8
Males 3,211,070 1,699,205 52.9 1,055,962 32.9 391,868 12.2 64,035 2.0
Females 3,211,704 1,768,968 55.1 1,016,489 31.6 373,753 11.6 52,494 1.6
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 1,186,270 53.0 736,698 32.9 275,572 12.3 40,804 1.8
Males 1,167,581 605,517 51.9 387,728 33.2 146,984 12.6 27,352 2.3
Females 1,071,763 580,753 54.2 348,970 32.6 128,588 12.0 13,453 E 1.3 E
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 2,281,903 54.5 1,335,753 31.9 490,049 11.7 75,725 1.8
Males 2,043,490 1,093,688 53.5 668,235 32.7 244,884 12.0 36,684 1.8
Females 2,139,941 1,188,215 55.5 667,519 31.2 245,166 11.5 39,042 1.8
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 3,174,418 62.4 1,350,525 26.5 457,584 9.0 105,099 2.1
Males 2,573,924 1,572,794 61.1 710,250 27.6 230,733 9.0 60,147 2.3
Females 2,513,703 1,601,624 63.7 640,276 25.5 226,852 9.0 44,952 1.8
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 5,313,704 63.7 2,069,507 24.8 739,134 8.9 217,274 2.6
Males 4,122,741 2,644,527 64.1 1,007,231 24.4 349,698 8.5 121,286 2.9
Females 4,216,879 2,669,177 63.3 1,062,277 25.2 389,437 9.2 95,988 2.3
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 3,009,387 62.9 1,237,739 25.9 431,900 9.0 105,753 2.2
Males 2,343,864 1,490,385 63.6 586,409 25.0 206,797 8.8 60,273 2.6
Females 2,440,914 1,519,002 62.2 651,329 26.7 225,103 9.2 45,480 1.9
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 2,304,317 64.8 831,769 23.4 307,235 8.6 111,521 3.1
Males 1,778,877 1,154,142 64.9 420,821 23.7 142,901 8.0 61,013 3.4
Females 1,775,964 1,150,175 64.8 410,948 23.1 164,334 9.3 50,508 2.8
65 years and over 3,928,308 2,573,566 65.5 669,654 17.0 348,803 8.9 336,286 8.6
Males 1,747,908 1,130,818 64.7 294,503 16.8 147,661 8.4 174,927 10.0
Females 2,180,401 1,442,748 66.2 375,151 17.2 201,142 9.2 161,359 7.4
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 1,511,089 67.3 405,498 18.1 206,012 9.2 122,344 5.4
Males 1,068,532 708,613 66.3 192,059 18.0 99,396 9.3 68,464 6.4
Females 1,176,411 802,477 68.2 213,439 18.1 106,615 9.1 53,880 4.6
75 years and over 1,683,365 1,062,476 63.1 264,156 15.7 142,791 8.5 213,942 12.7
Males 679,376 422,205 62.1 102,444 15.1 48,264 7.1 106,463 15.7
Females 1,003,989 640,271 63.8 161,712 16.1 94,527 9.4 107,479 10.7

1. Population aged 12 and over who describe their sense of belonging to their local community as very strong, somewhat strong, somewhat weak or very weak. Research shows a high correlation of sense of community-belonging with physical and mental health.
2. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
3. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
4. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), 2005 (CANSIM table 105-0490).