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. 2019 Jun 11;7(2):E399–E404. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20190008

Table 1:

Weighted table of respondent characteristics (n = 27 808 081)

Characteristic Percentage (95% CI)
Sex
 Female 50.3 (50.0–50.6)
 Male 49.7 (49.4–50.0)
Age, yr
 ≥ 65 18.5 (18.2–18.7)
 45–64 32.6 (32.3–32.9)
 35–44 16.6 (16.4–16.8)
 25–34 19.5 (18.7–20.4)
 15–24 12.9 (12.0–13.7)
Cannabis use in past 3 mo
 No 84.8 (84.0–85.7)
 Yes 15.2 (14.3–16.0)
Education level
 Bachelor’s degree or higher 32.7 (31.7–33.8)
 College or diploma 33.7 (32.6–34.7)
 Less than HS or HS only 33.6 (32.6–34.7)
Income level, $
 < 40 000 49.7 (48.7–50.8)
 40 000–79 999 32.0 (31.0–33.1)
 ≥ 80 000 18.3 (17.5–19.0)
Main activity
 Employed 59.2 (58.1–60.2)
 Student 6.8 (6.1–7.5)
 Caregiving/housework 8.4 (7.8–9.1)
 Retired/LTI 20.6 (20.0–21.2)
 Other 5.0 (4.4–5.6)
Mental health
 Good to excellent 93.8 (93.2–94.4)
 Fair or poor 6.2 (5.6–6.8)
Province or territory capital city, grouped
 Ontario 39.4 (39.1–39.7)
 Quebec 22.9 (22.7–23.2)
 Atlantic provinces 6.5 (6.4–6.6)
 Manitoba 3.4 (3.3–3.4)
 Saskatchewan 3.0 (2.9–3.0)
 Alberta 11.5 (11.3–11.6)
 British Columbia 13.3 (13.1–13.5)
 Territory capital cities 0.05 (0.049–0.051)
Survey wave
 1 32.9 (32.6–33.2)
 2 33.5 (33.2–33.8)
 3 33.7 (33.4–34.0)

Note: CI = confidence interval, HS = high school, LTI = long-term illness. Percentage totals for ages and provinces do not add up to exactly 100% because of bootstrapping and rounding. A weighted count (n) can be calculated by multiplying the proportion by the total population size.