Table 1.

Descriptive information on study variables and correlations between each and the adjusted injury rate within a census division

Variable	Mean	Range	Correlation with Adjusted* claim rate
Population density (log)	3.45	-1.6 – 8.3	0.31†
15 – 24 yr olds with only high school education	0.44	0.32 – 0.64	-0.34†
Households spending 30%+ on expenses	0.15	0.10 – 0.22	0.20
Dwelling ownership	0.74	0.51 – 0.86	-0.02
Same address – 5 yrs	0.61	0.52 – 0.70	-0.49†
Same address – 1 yr	0.87	0.83 – 0.90	-0.28‡
Outside Canada – 5 yrs	0.02	0.00 – 0.11	0.19
Percent union	0.27	0.08 – 0.45	-0.10
Unemployment 15 – 24 yrs	0.14	0.09 – 0.25	-0.22
Percent completing literacy test	0.59	0.43 – 0.70	0.15
Single mother families	0.06	0.04 – 0.08	0.10
Percent aboriginal (log)	-3.94	-5.65 – -1.05	-0.24
Average earnings	31,067	23,934 – 45,835	0.28‡
25+ years with only high school education	0.32	0.18 – 0.41	-0.33†
Value of dwellings	154,576	87,314 – 298,018	0.18
Ratio of pop 65+ to pop 25 – 64 years	0.22	0.11 – 0.32	-0.47†
Population growth 96 – 01	0.03	-0.09 – 0.23	0.35†
Percent of labour force in small workplaces	0.48	0.36 – 0.65	-0.50†
Percent of youth in small workplaces	0.52	0.32 – 0.88	-0.31†

* Adjusted for gender and occupation

†p <0.05 ‡

p < 0.10