Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristic | N † |
All n (%) |
Women (n=134) ‡ n (%) |
Men (n=90) ‡ n (%) |
p § |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 226 | ||||
| 19‐29 | 55 (24%) | 27 (21%) | 28 (31%) | 0.331 | |
| 30‐44 | 74 (33%) | 44 (33%) | 28 (31%) | ||
| 45‐64 | 66 (29%) | 41 (31%) | 23 (26%) | ||
| ≥65 | 31 (14%) | 20 (15%) | 11 (12%) | ||
| Marital Status | 227 | ||||
| Married or common‐law | 148 (65%) | 92 (69%) | 55 (61%) | 0.291 | |
| Single | 52 (23%) | 25 (19%) | 26 (29%) | ||
| Separated or divorced | 16 (7%) | 8 (6%) | 6 (7%) | ||
| Widow | 11 (5%) | 8 (6%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Annual household income before tax, CAD$ | 213 | ||||
| <$20,000 | 44 (20%) | 23 (19%) | 18 (21%) | 0.291 | |
| $20,000‐$49,999 | 46 (22%) | 22 (18%) | 24 (28%) | ||
| $50,000 ‐ $99,999 | 70 (33%) | 44 (36%) | 25 (29%) | ||
| ≥$100,000 | 53 (25%) | 34 (27%) | 19 (22%) | ||
| Self‐identified racial or cultural group | 225 | ||||
| White | 164 (73%) | 96 (73%) | 63 (70%) | 0.640 | |
| Black | 34 (15%) | 21 (16%) | 13 (15%) | ||
| Chinese | 6 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 5 (6%) | ||
| Metis | 6 (3%) | 3 (2%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| First Nations | 5 (2%) | 3 (2%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Arab | 4 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| South Asian | 3 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Other ¶ | 3 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Born in Canada (Yes) | 227 | 175 (77%) | 106 (79%) | 65 (73%) | 0.294 |
| Education | 225 | ||||
| Some high school | 15 (7%) | 8 (6%) | 7 (8%) | 0.714 | |
| High school diploma | 35 (15%) | 21 (16%) | 14 (16%) | ||
| Some college or university | 51 (23%) | 26 (20%) | 22 (25%) | ||
| College diploma | 44 (20%) | 26 (20%) | 18 (20%) | ||
| Undergraduate degree | 41 (18%) | 24 (18%) | 16 (18%) | ||
| Some or completed post graduate | 39 (17%) | 27 (20%) | 11 (13%) | ||
| Employment | 227 | ||||
| Student | 27 (12%) | 13 (10%) | 14 (16%) | 0.012 | |
| Unemployed | 29 (13%) | 15 (11%) | 11 (13%) | ||
| Employed part time | 20 (9%) | 18 (13%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Employed full time | 111 (49%) | 60 (45%) | 50 (56%) | ||
| Retired | 40 (17%) | 28 (21%) | 11 (13%) | ||
| Parent (Yes) | 228 | 158 (69%) | 100 (75%) | 55 (62%) | 0.042 |
| Their child was breastfed (Yes) | 158 | 107 (69%) | 73 (73%) | 34 (63%) | 0.197 |
| Child born ≥ 2012 | 158 | 51 (22%) | 35 (26%) | 15 (17%) | 0.096 |
| Participant was breastfed themselves as an infant | 227 | ||||
| Yes | 108 (48%) | 57 (43%) | 49 (55%) | <0.001 | |
| No | 84 (37%) | 64 (48%) | 18 (20%) | ||
| Do not know | 35 (15%) | 12 (9%) | 22 (25%) |
†
N differs due to participants skipping some questions.
‡
Total number of participants includes n=5 participants who were not categorized here as a man or woman: transfeminine (n =1), gender fluid (n =1), prefer not to say (n =2), and question skipped (n =1).
§
x 2 test, by gender, p<0.05.
¶
Other racial or cultural groups include Korean (n=1), Portuguese (n =1), Pacific Asian (n =1).