Table 1.

Characteristics of the population, overall and stratified by gender – CNICS, Canada, 2019.

	Study Population		Males		Females
	n*	%b	n*	%b	n*	%b
Overall	1049	100	573	100	471	100
Region of Residence
Ontario	407	38.8	228	39.8	174	36.9
Quebec	223	21.3	123	21.5	100	21.2
Other	419	39.9	222	38.7	197	41.8
Total Household Income
$160,000+	302	28.8	157	27.4	145	30.8
$110,000 to $159,999	253	24.1	146	25.5	107	22.7
$70,000 to $109,999	246	23.5	133	23.2	109	23.1
Less than $70,000	248	23.6	137	23.9	110	23.4
Community Type
Urban	908	86.6	495	86.4	408	86.6
Rural	136	13.0	75	13.1	61	13.0
Respondent’s Place of Birth
Born in Canada	697	66.4	377	65.8	320	67.9
Born outside of Canada	345	32.9	195	34.0	150	31.8
Respondent’s Marital Status
Married/living common law	827	78.8	458	79.9	369	78.3
Not living common law	215	20.5	114	19.9	101	21.4
Respondent’s Age
48+	316	30.1	158	27.6	158	33.5
43–47	382	36.4	214	37.3	168	35.7
39–42	201	19.2	112	19.5	89	18.9
14–38	123	11.7	73	12.7	50	10.6
Indigenous Status of Child
No	998	95.1	548	95.6	450	95.5
Yes	45	4.3	24	4.2	21	4.5
Gender of Child
Female	471	44.9
Male	573	54.6
Number of Children 18 and Under Living at Address
3+	257	24.5	150	26.2	107	22.7
2	480	45.8	265	46.2	215	45.6
1	303	28.9	154	26.9	149	31.6
Vaccine-Hesitantd
Yes	180	17.2	101	17.6	79	16.8
No	860	82.0	469	81.8	391	83.0
Highest Household Educatione
Bachelor’s degree or higher	531	50.6	295	51.5	236	50.1
Certificate/diploma below the bachelor’s level	368	35.1	200	34.9	168	35.7
Secondary or less	141	13.4	75	13.1	66	14.0
Relationship of Respondent to Child
Parent	1033	98.5	-c	-c	-c	-c
Not a parent	10	1.0	-c	-c	-c	-c

Children whose gender was not disclosed by their respondent (n = 5) were excluded only from gender-specific descriptive statistics.

Totals may differ due to missing data.

*n = number of respondents (unweighted).

^bProportions (unweighted).

^cData suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

^dVaccine-hesitant variable derived by combining information on whether respondent decided not to immunize the child with a particular vaccine or was reluctant to get a vaccination for the child other than HPV or decided to delay any vaccines. If respondent did not immunize the child with the HPV vaccine specifically or was reluctant to get it, this information was excluded from deriving vaccine-hesitant.

^eHighest household education derived using information collected on highest education from both the respondent and their spouse/partner.