Table 1.

Socio-demographic and health characteristics of the public housing and matched cohorts in the 365 days prior to the public housing move-in date

Variables	Categories	Public housing cohort (n = 2612)	Matched cohort (n = 2612)
Sex	Males	27.1	27.1
	Females	72.9	72.9
Age (years) at move-in date	18–24	15.9	15.9
	25–39	32.2	32.2
	40–64	37.4	37.4
	65+	14.4	14.4
Region	Winnipeg	40.2	40.2
	Non-Winnipeg	59.8	59.8
Income assistance	Yes	65.1	65.1
Income quintile†	Q1 (poorest)	43.0	32.0
	Q2	22.0	21.8
	Q3	15.6	19.6
	Q4	11.6	13.5
	Q5 (most affluent)	6.4	11.1
	NF*	1.4	2.0
Change in postal code†	Yes	25.8	15.5
Physical health conditions	Arthritis‡	24.2	20.7
	Injury†	21.6	16.9
	Respiratory disease†	18.5	14.4
	Hypertension‡	18.3	15.2
	Diabetes†	14.6	9.8
	Ischemic heart disease‡	1.9	1.0
	Cancer	3.0	2.9
	Inflammatory bowel disease	0.5	0.7
Mental health conditions	Affective disorders†	30.1	24.8
	Substance abuse disorders‡	6.1	4.1
	Schizophrenia	2.1	2.6
ADGs†	Low	17.4	24.5
	Medium	25.3	28.9
	High	57.4	46.6

ADGs, Aggregated Diagnostic Groups; *NF, not found; ^‡p < 0.01 ^†p < 0.0001