Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population

Characteristic	Level	Number	Proportion	Population valuea	χ2 statistic	P value
Gender	Male	757	0.48	0.48	0.06	0.97
	Female	819	0.52	0.52
Age (years)	18–29	306	0.19	0.20	0.51	1.00
	30–39	272	0.17	0.17
	40–49	329	0.21	0.21
	50–59	285	0.18	0.18
	60–69	184	0.11	0.11
	70+	203	0.13	0.13
Province or territory of residence	Alberta	171	0.11	0.12	4.65	0.98
	British Columbia	210	0.13	0.13
	Manitoba	55	0.04	0.04
	New Brunswick	36	0.02	0.02
	Newfoundland and Labrador	22	0.01	0.02
	Nova Scotia	43	0.03	0.03
	Northwest Territory	2	0.001	0.001
	Nunavut Territory	0	0	0.001
	Ontario	613	0.39	0.39
	Quebec	362	0.23	0.23
	Prince Edward Island	6	0.004	0.004
	Saskatchewan	58	0.04	0.04
	Yukon Territory	1	0.001	0.001
Primary language spoken at home	English	1228	0.78	0.58	332.0	< 0.01
	French	299	0.19	0.22
	Other	52	0.03	0.20
Language survey completed in	English	1301	0.82	N/A
	French	278	0.18	N/A
Country of birth	Canada	1263	0.84	N/A
	Outside of canada	248	0.16
Marital status	Single	291	0.26	0.28	85.0	< 0.01
	Legally married	702	0.47	0.48
	In a common-law relationship	229	0.15	0.11
	Separated, but still legally married	34	0.02	0.03
	Divorced	100	0.07	0.06
	Widowed	55	0.04	0.06
Education level	No certificate, diploma or degree	40	0.03	0.15	478.1	< 0.01
	High school certificate or equivalent	302	0.20	0.24
	Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma	104	0.07	0.12
	Collage, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	372	0.25	0.20
	University certificate or diploma below the bachelor’s level	196	0.13	0.05
	University certificate, diploma at the bachelor’s level or above	497	0.33	0.23
General health question	Excellent	180	0.12	0.22	27.8	< 0.01
	Very good	592	0.39	0.36
	Good	497	0.33	0.29
	Fair	197	0.13	0.11
	Poor	40	0.03	0.02

^aRounding of proportions to two decimal places