Table 1.

Description of the analyzed sample, N = 3604.

Variable	%
Sex
Female	48.0
Male	52.0
Province or region of residence
Atlantic	5.0
Quebec	28.0
Ontario	38.2
Manitoba	3.2
Saskatchewan	2.6
Alberta	12.1
British-Columbia	10.6
Territories	0.3
Education of responding parent
Secondary or less	24.4
Post-secondary	31.5
University graduate	42.2
Don't know/refusal/not stated/not a parent	1.9
Total household income
0 – $39,000	19.7
$40,000 – $59,999	13.9
$60,000 – $79,999	16.3
$80,000 – $99,999	14.9
$100,000 or more	34.6
Don't know/refusal/not stated	0.6
Marital status of responding parent
Married / common law	87.2
Widowed/divorced/separated/single	12.1
Don't know/refusal/not stated/not a parent	0.7
Child born outside Canada
No	96.2
Yes	3.0
Not stated	0.8
Responding parent born outside Canada
No	69.4
Yes	29.2
Not stated/respondent not child's parent	1.5

¹Percentages are weighted