Table 1.
Characteristics of isolation indicators by gender.
|
Lives alone (%) |
Did not go out in the last 7 days (%) | Does not use the Internet (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| Variable | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| 65–69 | 27.7 | 17.6 | 9.1 | 6 | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| 70–74 | 30.3 | 16.2 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 18.6 | 15 |
| 75–79 | 38.9 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 12.1 | 32.5 | 22.3 |
| 80–84 | 47.4 | 16.9 | 24 | 15.6 | 49.1 | 33.1 |
| 85 + | 63.4 | 30.3 | 48.1 | 32.6 | 71.8 | 55.5 |
| Formal education | ||||||
| No diploma | 39.6 | 16.8 | 33.2 | 18.9 | 63.5 | 51.9 |
| Primary education | 42 | 19.6 | 21.7 | 15.8 | 41.1 | 28.6 |
| Vocational secondary | 33.8 | 16.8 | 14 | 11 | 19.6 | 18.8 |
| High school | 38.1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 13.5 | 9.5 |
| High school + 2–4 years | 37.7 | 18.3 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 11 | 6.4 |
| High school + 5 or more years | 31.2 | 16.7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| Perceived financial situation | ||||||
| Comfortable | 31.8 | 19.6 | 15.4 | 9.2 | 22.6 | 14.4 |
| Decent | 35.6 | 15.8 | 17.7 | 11.5 | 28.9 | 18.8 |
| Just enough | 43 | 18.5 | 20.9 | 13.5 | 37.8 | 28.1 |
| Difficult to impossible without going into debt | 50.4 | 26.8 | 23.8 | 14.5 | 44.4 | 27.9 |
| Population size of municipality | ||||||
| Rural area | 31.7 | 16.5 | 21.9 | 12 | 34.5 | 24.4 |
| <50,000 inhabitants | 37.8 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 11.3 | 33.9 | 22.2 |
| [50,000–200,000] inhabitants | 43 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 10.3 | 30 | 18.5 |
| >200,000 inhabitants | 42.2 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 12.1 | 31.6 | 19.8 |
| Paris | 41.4 | 18.3 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 26.5 | 18.9 |
| Household composition | ||||||
| Living alone | 100 | 100 | 21.7 | 11.8 | 41 | 28.4 |
| With a partner and with or without children | 13.9 | 11.2 | 22.8 | 19 | ||
| Other compositions | 32.4 | 19.5 | 44.2 | 29 | ||
| Ethno-racial status | ||||||
| Mainstream population | 39 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 11.1 | 31 | 19.9 |
| Racialized first or second-generation immigrants and DOM descendants | 30.7 | 13.8 | 28.5 | 18.6 | 43.4 | 35.2 |
| Non-racialized first or second-generation immigrants | 38.1 | 20.1 | 20.2 | 13.8 | 35.9 | 25.1 |
| Perceived health status | ||||||
| Very good | 35.2 | 15.7 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 18.6 | 10 |
| Good | 35.8 | 16.9 | 12.5 | 8 | 23.8 | 18.5 |
| Fair | 42.6 | 19.1 | 24.9 | 14.2 | 42 | 25.6 |
| Bad to very bad | 41.7 | 22.6 | 45.2 | 35.1 | 59 | 42.4 |
| Declared chronic disease or physical limitation | ||||||
| Declared at least one | 40.2 | 18.1 | 23.7 | 14.5 | 36.4 | 23.2 |
| Did not declare any | 35.5 | 17.5 | 10.1 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 18 |
| Declared chronic anxiety or depression | ||||||
| Declared chronic anxiety or depression | 45.6 | 23.1 | 28.7 | 21.9 | 48.2 | 33.9 |
| Did not declare chronic anxiety or depression | 37.8 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 11.5 | 30.3 | 20.9 |
| Date of questionnaire | ||||||
| 02/05-10/05 | 37.7 | 15.3 | 22.7 | 12.9 | 30.1 | 17.5 |
| 11/05-17/05 | 38.3 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 30.5 | 21.5 |
| 18/05-01/06 | 40 | 21.1 | 14 | 9.7 | 36.4 | 27.3 |
| Total n (%) | Total n (%) | Total n (%) | ||||
| 3,507 (38.6) | 1,469 (17.9) | 1,531 (18.9) | 951 (11.9) | 2,114 (32.1) | 1,298 (21.4) | |
Notes: N = 21.543.
50.4% of women in a “difficult to impossible without going into debt” perceived financial situation lived alone; 6% of men aged 65 to 69 did not go out in the past 7 days; 32.1% of women and 21.4% of men do not use the Internet.