Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants in Each Birth Cohort: Canadian National Population Health Survey, 1994-2010a
| WW2 | OBB | YBB | GenX | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Born 1935-1944) | (Born 1945-1954) | (Born 1955-1964) | (Born 1965-1974) | |||||
| Cycle 1 | Cycle 9 | Cycle 1 | Cycle 9 | Cycle 1 | Cycle 9 | Cycle 1 | Cycle 9 | |
| 1994/1995 | 2010/2011 | 1994/1995 | 2010/2011 | 1994/1995 | 2010/2011 | 1994/1995 | 2010/2011 | |
| Number | 1,631 | 1,069 | 2,167 | 1,587 | 2,660 | 1,896 | 2,112 | 1,379 |
| Mean age | 54.6 | 70.4 | 44.6 | 60.5 | 34.7 | 50.7 | 25.0 | 40.9 |
| % women | 54.1 | 55.8 | 51.8 | 53.0 | 54.4 | 56.4 | 54.4 | 55.0 |
| Mean self-rated health | 76.4 | 75.6 | 82.5 | 78.4 | 84.9 | 81.8 | 86.4 | 83.3 |
| Mean number of years of schooling | 11.6 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 14.1 |
| Mean household income (000s)b | 48.3 | 54.7 | 54.7 | 74.6 | 49.5 | 87.2 | 42.4 | 89.1 |
| % current smokers | 30.6 | 11.4 | 35.3 | 19.5 | 38.3 | 22.3 | 39.6 | 24.6 |
| Mean BMI | 26.6 | 27.3 | 25.9 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 27.6 | 24.4 | 27.3 |
| % missing: dropout | – | 16.1 | – | 19.2 | – | 25.8 | – | 32.9 |
| % missing: dead | – | 17.7 | – | 7.3 | – | 2.7 | – | 1.8 |
a
WW2 = World War II cohort, OBB = Older baby boomer, YBB = Younger baby boomer, GenX = Generation X.
b
In Canadian dollars and not corrected for inflation.