Table 1.

Accuracy of dissemination area estimation of sociodemographic characteristics: N = 116 practices.

VARIABLE	MEAN ARE	MEDIAN ARE	SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION
Male sex	0.82	0.47	0.02
Aged 65 years and older	0.78	0.54	0.30
Unemployed	0.78	0.67	0.11
Average household size	0.27	0.26	0.36
English speakers	0.12	0.05	0.35
White	0.38	0.11	0.47
Without high school education	0.81	0.46	0.39
Not born in Canada	0.83	0.43	0.48

ARE—absolute relative error.