Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the variables in our study.

Variables	Labels	% of the population
Age	12 to 34	45
	35 to 44	17
	45 to 54	18
	55 to 64	12
	65 and over	8
Sex	Men	46
	Women	54
Marital status	Married and living common-law	48
	Widowed, separated, and divorced	14
	Single, never married	38
Rural or urban	Rural area	24
	Small population centre	21
	Medium population centre	12
	Large urban population centre	43
Personal income	$5000 or less income	18
	$5000 to $19,999	28
	$20,000 to 49,999	32
	$50,000 to $100,000 and over	23
Province	Atlantic∗	8
	Quebec	10
	Ontario	25
	Prairies	36
	British Columbia	17
	Territories∗∗	4
Smoking status	Daily	28
	Occasionally	9
	Not at all	63
Anybody smoking at home	Yes	64
	No	36
Dwelling (owned/rented)	Owned	58
	Rented	42
Dwelling in need of major repairs	Yes, major repairs are needed	12
	Yes, minor repairs are needed	26
	No, only regular maintenance is needed	62
Diabetes	Diabetes type 1 and type 2	9
	Gestational and no diagnosis of diabetes	91
How many rooms are there in a dwelling	0 and 2 rooms	6
	3 and 5 rooms	45
	6 and 8 rooms	33
	9 rooms and over	16
Number of paid hours per week	0 to 20 hours	8
	21 to 40 hours	37
	41 to 79 hours	9
	80 hours and over	46

^∗Including Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. ^∗∗Including Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territories.