Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the attached and uncertainly attached HCES respondents

	Attached	Uncertainly attached	Total	Ontario population ≥ 16 years of age
Age (Mean ± SD)	52.99 ± 17.29	49.83 ± 17.54	52.63 ± 17.35	47.55 ± 18.84
Age Groups
16–18	1,079 (2.2%)	202 (3.2%)	1,281 (2.3%)	475,431 (4.1%)
19–34	7,109 (14.5%)*	1,222 (19.4%)	8,331 (15.0%)	2,953,638 (25.4%)
35–49	12,194 (24.8%)	1,618 (25.7%)	13,812 (24.9%)	2,826,277 (24.3%)
50–64	14,842 (30.2%)	1,880 (29.8%)	16,722 (30.2%)	2,996,962 (25.8%)
65–74	8,422 (17.2%)*	851 (13.5%)	9,273 (16.7%)	1,329,508 (11.5%)
75–84	4,317 (8.8%)*	422 (6.7%)	4,739 (8.6%)	710,156 (6.1%)
85+	1,123 (2.3%)*	111 (1.8%)	1,234 (2.2%)	318,551 (2.7%)
Sex
Female	28,469 (58.0%)*	3,143 (49.8%)	31,612 (57.1%)	5,971,110 (51.4%)
Male	20,617 (42.0%)*	3,163 (50.2%)	23,780 (42.9%)	5,639,413 (48.6%)
Rurality
Urban	29,947 (61.0%)*	3,087 (49.0%)	33,034 (59.6%)	8,451,253 (72.8%)
Semi-urban	12,575 (25.6%)*	2,064 (32.7%)	14,639 (26.4%)	2,224,266 (19.2%)
Rural	5,859 (11.9%)*	843 (13.4%)	6,702 (12.1%)	839,468 (7.2%)
Missing	705 (1.4%)*	312 (4.9%)	1,017 (1.8%)	95,536 (0.8%)
Income Quintiles
1 Low	8,030 (16.4%)*	1,293 (20.5%)	9,323 (16.8%)	2,112,944 (18.2%)
2	9,245 (18.8%)	1,213 (19.2%)	10,458 (18.9%)	2,237,908 (19.3%)
3	9,732 (19.8%)	1,216 (19.3%)	10,948 (19.8%)	2,320,365 (20.0%)
4	10,873 (22.2%)*	1,265 (20.1%)	12,138 (21.9%)	2,509,732 (21.6%)
5 High	11,021 (22.5%)*	1,275 (20.2%)	12,296 (22.2%)	2,380,346 (20.5%)
Missing	185 (0.4%)	44 (0.7%)	229 (0.4%)	49,228 (0.47%)

Note(s): * p  < 0.001