TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of survey respondents and their children

Variable	Overall
Age of child, years
4–6	634 (32.7)
7–9	516 (30.8)
10–12	708 (36.5)
Sex of child
Male	990 (51.0)
Children 4–12 years of age who live in the home, mean ± SD	1.69±0.79
Sex of respondent
Female	1462 (75.4)
Age of respondent, years
19–24	27 (1.4)
25–34	486 (25.1)
35–44	1107 (57.1)
45–54	289 (14.9)
55–64	24 (1.2)
Marital status of respondent
Married	1467 (75.6)
Common-law or living with partner	205 (10.6)
Divorced, separated or single	248 (13.8)
Education level of respondent
High school graduate or less	442 (22.8)
Some or all postsecondary (college/technical/vocational)	900 (46.4)
Some or all university bachelor’s degree or graduate studies	593 (30.6)
Household income ($) before taxes
Less than 20,000	90 (4.6)
20,000 to less than 40,000	253 (13.0)
40,000 to less than 60,000	325 (16.8)
60,000 to less than 80,000	326 (16.8)
80,000 to less than 100,000	266 (13.7)
100,000 to less than 120,000	187 (9.6)
120,000 or more	232 (12.0)
Don’t know	54 (2.8)
Refused to respond	207 (10.7)

Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. The sum of responses may not always add up to 100%; responses less than 1% may not have been reported