Table 1.
Description of study population reporting low and then high family material wealth in the 2010 HBSC study for Canada
| Variable | All respondents (n = 26,078) | Low material wealth (n = 2,339) | High material wealth (n = 5,738) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| Grade | ||||||
| ≤6 | 5,165 | (19.8) | 529 | (22.6) | 1,322 | (23.0) |
| 7 | 5,205 | (20.0) | 450 | (19.2) | 1,361 | (23.7) |
| 8 | 5,266 | (20.2) | 439 | (18.8) | 1,159 | (20.2) |
| 9 | 5,395 | (20.7) | 488 | (20.9) | 1,000 | (17.4) |
| ≥10 | 5,047 | (19.4) | 433 | (18.5) | 897 | (15.6) |
| Not reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Boys | 12,815 | (49.1) | 1,057 | (45.2) | 2,971 | (51.8) |
| Girls | 13,254 | (50.8) | 1,281 | (54.8) | 5,765 | (48.2) |
| Not reported | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Urban–rural geographic status | ||||||
| Rural | 983 | (3.8) | 106 | (4.6) | 190 | (3.3) |
| Small urban | 10,767 | (41.3) | 960 | (41.6) | 2,268 | (39.4) |
| Medium urban | 5,739 | (22.0) | 490 | (21.2) | 1,290 | (22.5) |
| Large urban | 8,589 | (32.9) | 754 | (32.6) | 1,990 | (34.7) |
| Not reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Family structure | ||||||
| Both parents | 16,965 | (67.1) | 1,186 | (51.3) | 4,407 | (78.2) |
| Mother and stepfather | 1,970 | (7.8) | 255 | (11.0) | 188 | (5.1) |
| Father and stepmother | 507 | (2.0) | 48 | (2.1) | 79 | (1.4) |
| Mother only | 3,824 | (15.1) | 535 | (23.2) | 47 | (8.4) |
| Father only | 815 | (3.2) | 126 | (5.4) | 20 | (2.3) |
| Foster home | 283 | (1.1) | 41 | (1.8) | 68 | (1.2) |
| Other | 908 | (3.6) | 120 | (5.2) | 193 | (3.4) |
| Not reported | 805 | 28 | 101 | |||
| Reports more than one home | ||||||
| No | 19,475 | (78.6) | 1,586 | (70.1) | 4,785 | (86.0) |
| Yes | 5,296 | (21.4) | 676 | (29.9) | 779 | (14.0) |
| Not reported | 1,306 | 78 | 174 | |||