Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of 723 adult participants of the Cumberland general health survey according to distance to farm

	< 3 km		3 - < 9 km		≥ 9 km
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age-group
18 - < 35	34	14.7	13	5.5	29	11.3
30 - < 50	85	36.8	104	44.1	112	43.8
45 - < 65	79	34.2	84	35.6	85	33.2
60 - < 75	29	10.4	21	8.9	21	8.2
≥ 75	9	3.9	14	5.9	9	3.5
Income (CDN$)
≥ 80,000	69	29.9	117	49.6	114	44.5
50,000 - < 80,000	42	18.2	43	18.2	47	18.4
30,000 - < 50,000	34	14.7	15	6.4	25	9.8
15,000 - < 30,000	19	8.2	13	5.5	14	5.5
< 15,000	5	2.2	9	3.8	8	3.1
Prefer not to answer	62	26.8	39	16.5	48	18.8
Highest educational attainment
No postsecondary degree	94	40.7	61	25.9	77	30.1
Trades certificate or diploma	45	19.5	22	9.3	28	10.9
Non-university certificate or diploma	47	20.4	54	22.9	75	29.3
University (below bachelor's degree)	8	3.5	13	5.5	10	3.9
Bachelor's degree	15	6.5	51	21.6	29	11.3
University graduate work	9	3.9	31	13.1	22	8.6
Unknown	13	5.6	4	1.7	15	5.9
Smoking
Daily	36	15.6	30	12.7	44	17.2
Occasional	5	2.2	7	3.0	17	6.6
Non-smoker	187	80.9	199	84.3	192	75.0
Unknown	3	1.3	0	0.0	3	1.2
Regular smoker inside house
Yes	193	83.5	213	90.3	221	86.3
No	37	16.0	22	9.3	32	12.5
Unknown	1	0.4	1	0.4	3	1.2
Body mass index
Underweight (< 18.5)	3	1.3	7	3.0	5	2.0
Healthy weight (18.5 - < 25)	80	34.6	94	39.8	104	40.6
Overweight (25 - < 30)	77	33.3	78	33.1	96	37.5
Obese (30+)	48	20.8	49	20.8	42	16.4
Unknown	23	10.0	8	3.4	9	3.5
Men	100	43.3	130	55.1	138	53.9
Women	131	56.7	106	44.9	118	46.1
Total	231	100.0	236	100.0	256	100.0