Table 1.

Social demographic characteristics

Social demographics		MFNRLHSa (N = 2931)		CCHSb (N = 4687)		|Z|	P value	Ratio (MFNRLHS/CCHS)
		%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Age	20–34	39.6	35.6–43.8	24.1	22.4–25.9	7.24	<0.001	1.64
na = 2931 nb = 4687	35–49	40.1	36.4–44.0	30.8	28.8–32.8	4.44	<0.001	1.30
	50+	20.3	17.9–22.9	45.1	43.2–47.0	16.01	<0.001	0.45
Gender	Male	48.5	46.6–50.5	50.0	48.0–52.0	1.04	0.300	0.97
na = 2931 nb = 4687	Female	51.5	49.5–53.4	50.0	48.0–52.0	1.04	0.300	1.03
Marital status	Married/common-law	51.7	48.7–54.7	72.8	71.1–74.4	12.53	<0.001	0.71
na = 2908 nb = 4663	Single	34.9	32.1–37.8	15.2	13.7–16.7	12.72	<0.001	2.30
	Widowed/separated/divorced	13.4	11.8–15.1	12.0	11.1–13.0	1.44	0.149	1.12
Education	<High school	62.9	58.9–66.7	30.6	28.8–32.4	15.58	<0.001	2.06
na = 2850 nb = 4591	High school/equivalent	37.1	33.3–41.1	69.4	67.6–71.2	15.58	<0.001	0.53
Household income	<$15,000	21.4	17.7–25.7	6.8	6.0–7.7	7.37	<0.001	3.15
na = 2919 nb = 4687	$15,000-$29,999	14.2	11.7–17.2	13.9	12.7–15.2	0.24	0.810	1.02
	$30,000+	17.3	14.7–20.1	62.0	60.1–63.8	27.87	<0.001	0.28
	Not stated	47.1	41.6–52.7	17.4	16.0–18.9	10.67	<0.001	2.71
Employed	Yes	43.8	40.4–47.3	71.1	69.4–72.8	14.58	<0.001	0.62

^aNotes: Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (MFNRHS);

^bCanadian Community Health Survey (CCHS).