Table 2.
Frequencies for Canadian CCHS Survey (n = 30,865) and Australian HILDA survey (n = 5532), weighted and rescaled to sample size
| Interval scales | Range | Mean | Standard deviation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Australia | Canada | Australia | Canada | Australia | |
| Multimorbidity additive scalea | 0 to 7 | 0 to 7 | 1.03 | 1.10* | 1.12 | 1.19 |
| Loneliness | 3 to 9 | 1 to 7 | 3.77 | 2.55* | 1.33 | 1.78 |
| Life Satisfaction | 0 to 10 | 0 to 10 | 7.97 | 7.95 | 1.72 | 1.49 |
| Dichotomous variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | ||||
| Canada (n = 30,865) | Australia (n = 5532) | |||||
| Gender | Female | 16,021 (51.9) | 2882 (52.1) | |||
| Male | 14,844 (48.1) | 2650 (47.9) | ||||
| Marital status | Single/Widowed/Divorced/Sep. | 8109 (26.3) | 1481 (26.8) | |||
| Married/Common-law | 22,756 (73.7) | 4051 (73.2) | ||||
| Foreign born status* | Foreign born - Canada/Australia | 7734 (25.1) | 1683 (30.4) | |||
| Native born - Canada/Australia | 23,131 (74.9) | 3850 (69.6) | ||||
| Education level* | Secondary or less | 12,909 (41.8) | 2566 (46.4) | |||
| More than secondary | 17,956 (58.2) | 2966 (53.6) | ||||
| Self-rated health* | Poor/Fair | 4907 (15.9) | 1293 (23.4) | |||
| Excellent/Very good/Good | 25,958 (84.1) | 4239 (76.6) | ||||
| Hospital stays in last year* | No | 28,166 (91.3) | 4720 (85.3) | |||
| Yes | 2699 (8.7) | 812 (14.7) | ||||
| Mobility limitation* | No | 29,204 (94.6) | 5314 (96.1) | |||
| Yes | 1661 (5.4) | 219 (3.9) | ||||
Notes. aThe multimorbidity additive scale for Australia includes (n = 4832) valid cases due to missing
* p < .05 determined by Chi-square or t-tests of differences between countries