Table 2.
Weighted cross-sectional means and percentages by cycle and sex/gender for health and socioeconomic position among working-aged Canadian women and men in the National Population Health Survey, 1994–2003, that were excluded from analysis for incomplete data.
| Survey Cycle | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94/95 | 00/01 | 02/03 | 94/95 | 00/01 | 02/03 | |
| Health Outcomes | ||||||
| Number of Observations | 787 | 571 | 439 | 957 | 708 | 563 |
| Number of Chronic Conditions | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Self-rated Health | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Health Utilities Index | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Psychological Distress | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
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| SEP Measures | ||||||
| Number of Observations | 736 | 591 | 449 | 773 | 579 | 471 |
| Income Adequacy (%) | ||||||
| Middle/High (ref) | 83.8 | 92.5 | 91.1 | 81.1 | 90.2 | 89.7 |
| Low | 16.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 18.9 | 9.8 | 10.3 |
| Education (%) | ||||||
| < Secondary School (ref) | 20.1 | 18.0 | 16.6 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 16.9 |
| Secondary School Graduate | 39.7 | 40.4 | 42.3 | 44.6 | 45.2 | 43.1 |
| Post-secondary Graduate | 40.2 | 41.6 | 41.1 | 32.0 | 35.8 | 40.0 |
| Employment (%) | ||||||
| Unemployed (ref) | 7.5 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 24.2 | 22.4 | 20.3 |
| Employed | 92.5 | 87.8 | 90.9 | 75.8 | 77.6 | 79.7 |