Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Canadian Children and Adults among Ready-to-Eat Cereal (RTEC) Consumers and Non-Consumers ¹.

Characteristics	Children and Teens (2–18 years) (n = 6,463,895)		Adults ( ≥19 years) (n = 27,169,337)
	RTEC Consumers	RTEC Non-Consumers	RTEC Consumers	RTEC Non-Consumers
Mean age ± SE (year)	9.1 ± 0.1	10.3 ± 0.1 *	52.7 ± 0.6	48.5 ± 0.2 *
Sex (% male)	50.7 ± 1.6	50.0 ± 1.1	48.7 ± 1.6	50.2 ± 0.4
Smoker (% yes) 2	2.1 ± 0.8	4.6 ± 0.6 *	15.3 ± 1.5	19.5 ± 0.8 *
Ethnicity (% Caucasian)	70.2 ± 1.9	66.1 ± 1.5 *	85.3 ± 1.3	72.6 ± 1.1 *
Education (% university grad) 3	44.5 ± 1.8	44.5 ± 1.4	34.7 ± 1.9	39.5 ± 1.0 *
Marital status (% married or co-habiting) 4	n/a	n/a	63.9 ±1.7	64.1 ± 1.0
Food secure (% yes)	85.0 ± 1.3	83.5 ± 1.0	90.8 ± 1.0	88.1 ± 0.6
BMI (kg/m2)	n/a	n/a	27.359 ± 0.2	27.358 ± 0.1
BMI z-score (≥5 years and older)	0.51 ± 0.06	0.44 ± 0.05	n/a	n/a
Overweight/obese (% yes) 5	27.0 ± 1.9	26.2 ± 1.2	62.9 ± 1.8	61.6 ± 1.2
Urban residence (% yes)	82.8 ± 1.3	81.8 ± 1.2	81.8 ± 1.4	82.7 ± 0.9
Immigrant to Canada (% yes)	7.8 ± 1.0	9.7 ± 0.8	18.8 ± 1.3	29.5 ± 1.1 *

* Significant at 0.05 level of significance using chi-squared for categorical variables and t-test for continuous variables. RTEC consumers were compared to RTEC non-consumers separately for children and adults. ¹ All data are weighted and bootstrapped to obtain estimates at the Canadian population level. Data source: 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition. RTEC consumers were defined as those individuals reporting any quantity of RTEC consumption on day 1 of their 24-h recall. ² Smoking data was only available for children aged ≥12 years, ³ For children, the variable reflects whether an adult member of the household is a university graduate. ⁴ Marital status only for age ≥19 years. ⁵ For those age 5–18 years, based on body mass index (BMI) z-score for age and sex.