TABLE 1.

Characteristics of respondents 25 years of age or older, and pain free at baseline in the National Population Health Survey

	Women	Men	Total
Age, years
25–39	41.2	42.1	41.7
40–54	28.9	31.7	30.3
55–69	18.6	18.0	18.3
≥70	11.3	8.2	9.8
Education
Postsecondary graduation	35.6	40.4	38.1
Some postsecondary	23.8	23.1	23.4
Secondary school graduation	18.6	15.1	16.8
Less than secondary school graduation	22.0	21.4	21.7
Marital status
Currently married	63.7	70.3	67.1
Common law/living with a partner	6.9	7.6	7.3
Single (never married)	9.6	13.9	11.8
Widowed/separated/divorced	19.9	8.1	13.9
Race
White	91.0	91.6	91.3
Black	1.2	2.4	1.8
Chinese	2.6	1.9	2.3
Aboriginal Peoples of North America	0.3	0.6	0.5
Other	4.8	3.5	4.2
Province
British Columbia	13.0	13.9	13.4
Alberta	9.1	9.4	9.3
Saskatchewan	3.3	3.3	3.3
Manitoba	3.7	3.6	3.7
Ontario	38.0	38.2	38.1
Quebec	24.7	23.6	24.1
New Brunswick	2.5	2.6	2.6
Nova Scotia	3.1	3.0	3.1
Prince Edward Island	0.5	0.4	0.5
Newfoundland and Labrador	2.2	2.0	2.1
Area of residence
Urban	84.3	81.1	82.7
Rural	15.7	18.9	17.3
Income
Highest	16.2	21.6	18.9
Upper middle	38.1	39.8	39.0
Lower middle	28.6	27.6	28.1
Lowest	17.1	11.1	14.1
Main activity
Working for pay or profit	24.9	61.4	43.4
Caring for family	26.6	1.3	13.8
Caring for family/working for pay or profit	26.9	13.0	19.8
Looking for work	1.6	3.9	2.7
Retired	16.3	16.0	16.2
Other (Includes going to school and recovering from illness/disability)*	3.7	4.6	4.1

Data presented as %. Results were weighted to the Canadian population and are representative of most of the population