Table 3.
Descriptive table of perceived health (low = 1,2; high = 3,4) by sex and social variables in Canada and Austria
| Canadian Females High Perceived Health (N = 27,241) | Canadian Females Low Perceived Health (N = 4701) | Canadian Males High Perceived Health (N = 21,109) |
Canadian Males Low Perceived Health (N = 3894) |
Austrian Females High Perceived Health (N = 6739) |
Austrian Females Low Perceived Health (N = 1760) |
Austrian Males High Perceived Health (N = 5402) |
Austrian Males Low Perceived Health (N = 1311) |
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| Not Working (%) | 39.3 | 68.8 | 29.8 | 61 | 39.4 | 69.8 | 26.6 | 60.2 |
| Working (%) | 60.7 | 32.2 | 70.2 | 39 | 60.6 | 30.2 | 73.4 | 39.8 |
| Single (%) | 17.8 | 16.1 | 23.4 | 22 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 33.5 | 19.5 |
| Married (%) | 55.1 | 41.5 | 62.7 | 54.2 | 10.6 | 68.8 | 59.2 | 68.2 |
| Divorced/Widowed (%) | 27.1 | 42.4 | 13.9 | 23.8 | 61.7 | 14.8 | 7.3 | 30.2 |
| Large household (median-split) (%) | 27.2 | 14.9 | 29.5 | 16.3 | 49.4 | 31.8 | 50.3 | 33.1 |
| Small Household (%) | 72.8 | 85.1 | 70.5 | 83.7 | 50.6 | 68.2 | 49.7 | 66.9 |
| Immigrant (%) | 14.9 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Non-immigrant (%) | 85.1 | 84.6 | 84.5 | 85.9 | 94.3 | 96.1 | 94.9 | 96.2 |
| Lowest income (%) | 29.6 | 52.2 | 14.6 | 36.8 | 34.6 | 52.3 | 29.2 | 41.4 |
| Highest income (%) | 18.1 | 6.4 | 37.3 | 15.8 | 43.6 | 25.7 | 50.8 | 36.5 |
| Did not Complete Secondary School (%) | 15.1 | 34.6 | 15.5 | 33.4 | 13.8 | 36 | 6.7 | 14.3 |
| Completed Post-Secondary School (%) | 46.7 | 39.2 | 60.4 | 43.3 | 34.9 | 17.6 | 39 | 23 |