Table 2.

Sample Characteristics of Male Respondents by Sexual Orientation (Weighted Percentages)

	Heterosexual	Gay	Bisexual	Do not know	χ2 testa
Self-rated physical health					*
Excellent/very good/good	86.52	83.47	86.27	75.88
Fair/poor	13.48	16.53	13.73	24.12
Self-rated mental health					**
Excellent/very good/good	94.25	87.94	89.90	90.67
Fair/poor	5.75	12.06	10.10	9.33
Age (years)					***
45–54	34.60	36.21	40.43	28.38
55–64	33.34	40.26	21.90	26.89
65–74	21.93	18.99	18.03	24.23
≥75	10.13	4.54	19.63	20.49
Household income					***
$19,999 or less	5.54	10.47	13.30	17.74
$20,000–$39,999	14.07	17.00	17.09	20.41
$40,000–$59,999	15.26	18.36	23.46	22.33
$60,000–$79,999	14.24	15.42	17.13	13.77
$80,000–$99,999	11.69	9.09	5.59	7.93
$100,000 or more	39.20	29.66	23.43	17.82
Educationb					***
Less than high school	14.92	4.58	14.54	28.23
High school only	21.95	21.45	18.23	23.32
Some post-secondary	36.58	36.96	24.29	29.19
Bachelor’s degree	16.76	21.84	27.15	15.46
Advanced degree	9.79	15.16	15.78	3.80
Partnershipb					***
Married/common-law	77.46	35.70	44.88	56.92
Divorced/separated/widowed	13.25	13.00	21.72	20.31
Single (never married)	9.29	51.30	33.40	22.77
Raceb					***
White non-Aboriginal	81.77	92.56	87.68	64.78
Nonwhite non-Aboriginal	15.43	5.68	10.84	30.72
Aboriginal	2.80	1.76	1.48	4.51
Province of residence					***
Atlantic—NB, NL, NS, PEI	7.37	5.49	7.35	6.71
Quebec	24.28	36.93	32.39	14.80
Ontario	37.87	38.82	33.57	35.37
Prairies—MB, SK, AB	16.75	4.66	12.03	20.95
British Columbia	13.47	13.98	13.96	21.77
Territories—YT, NT, NU	0.27	0.12	0.69	0.39

Notes: ^aResults from Pearson χ² test. ^bMissing categories are omitted from descriptive tables due to Statistics Canada vetting rules but are included in models presented in Tables 4 and 5.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

Source: Canadian Community Health Survey 2015–2016.