Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample, by gender and parenthood status
Women (n =1205) | Men (n =1029) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parent of at least one dependent child | Parent of at least one dependent child | |||||||
No (n =619) | Yes (n =586) | No (n =589) | Yes (n =440) | |||||
n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | |
Age (years)a | ||||||||
18-34 | 191 | 30.9 (27.1, 34.6) | 205 | 35.0 (31.2, 38.7) | 194 | 32.9 (29,0,36.7) | 115 | 26.1 (22.3, 29.8) |
35-49 | 133 | 21.5* (17.9, 24.9) | 358 | 61.1 (57.2, 65.0) | 137 | 23.3* (20.0, 26.5) | 291 | 66.1 (61.8, 70.4) |
50-64 | 295 | 47.7* (43.8, 2.0) | 23 | 3.9 (2.6, 5.6) | 258 | 43.8* (39.7, 47.7) | 34 | 7.7 (5.2, 10.2) |
Marital status | ||||||||
Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 318 | 51.4* (47.3, 55.4) | 94 | 16.0 (13.1, 19.1) | 325 | 55.2* (51.1, 58.9) | 14 | 3.2 (1.6, 4.8) |
Married/common-law | 301 | 48.6* (44.6, 52.7) | 492 | 84.0 (80.9, 86.9) | 264 | 44.8* (41.1, 48.9) | 426 | 96.8 (95.2, 98.4) |
Education (highest achieved) | ||||||||
< Secondary | 63 | 10.2 (7.9, 12.8) | 37 | 6.3 (4.6, 8.4) | 66 | 11.2 (8.8, 14.1) | 33 | 7.5 (5.2, 10.0) |
Secondary school diploma | 107 | 17.3 (14.5, 20.2) | 66 | 11.3 (8.9, 13.8) | 92 | 15.6 (12.7, 18.7) | 60 | 13.6 (10.7, 17.0) |
Some post-secondary | 73 | 11.8* (9.2, 14.4) | 37 | 6.3 (4.4, 8.4) | 86 | 14.6* (11.7, 17.7) | 19 | 4.3 (2.7, 6.4) |
Post-secondary graduate | 376 | 60.7* (57.0, 64.8) | 446 | 76.1 (72.7, 79.5) | 345 | 58.6* (54.3, 62.3) | 328 | 74.5 (70.0, 78.4) |
Income adequacy | ||||||||
Lowest income | 37 | 6.0 (4.2, 7.9) | 40 | 6.8 (4.9, 8.9) | 31 | 5.3 (3.6, 7.0) | 10 | 2.3 (0.9, 3.9) |
Lower middle | 80 | 12.9 (10.5, 16.0) | 79 | 13.5 (10.9, 16.4) | 63 | 10.7 (8.3, 13.4) | 46 | 10.5 (8.0, 13.4) |
Upper middle | 198 | 32.0 (28.3, 35.7) | 182 | 31.1. (27.1, 35.0) | 170 | 28.9 (25.0, 32.8) | 125 | 28.4 (24.3, 32.7) |
Highest income | 304 | 49.1 (45.2, 53.3) | 285 | 48.6 (44.9, 52.9) | 325 | 55.2 (50.9, 59.3) | 259 | 58.9 (54.3, 63.6) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
White | 511 | 82.6 (79.3, 85.5) | 456 | 77.8 (74.4, 80.9) | 485 | 82.3 (79.1, 85.6) | 352 | 80.0 (76.1, 84.1) |
Other | 108 | 17.4 (14.5, 20.7) | 130 | 22.2 (19.1, 25.6) | 104 | 17.7 (14.4, 20.9) | 88 | 20.0 (15.9, 23.9) |
Self-rated health | ||||||||
Poor/fair | 63 | 10.2* (8.1, 12.6) | 25 | 4.3 (2.7, 6.1) | 63 | 10.7* (8.3, 13.2) | 18 | 4.1 (2.3, 6.1) |
Good | 227 | 36.7 (33.1, 40.4) | 204 | 34.8 (31.2, 38.4) | 201 | 34.1 (30.2, 37.9) | 150 | 34.1 (29.8, 38.6) |
Very good | 245 | 39.6 (35.4, 43.5) | 245 | 41.8 (37.5, 45.7) | 218 | 37.0 (32.9, 40.9) | 201 | 45.7 (40.9, 50.4) |
Excellent | 84 | 13.6 (10.8, 16.3) | 112 | 19.1 (16.0, 22.4) | 107 | 18.2 (15.1, 21.4) | 71 | 16.1 (12.7, 19.5) |
BMI classificationa | ||||||||
Normal or underweight | 286 | 46.2 (42.0, 50.1) | 295 | 50.3 (46.2, 54.8) | 208 | 35.2 (31.4, 39.4) | 122 | 27.7 (23.4, 31.8) |
Overweight | 178 | 28.8 (25.0, 32.5) | 167 | 28.5 (25.1, 32.1) | 246 | 41.8 (37.5, 45.7) | 204 | 46.4 (41.8, 51.1) |
Obese | 155 | 25.0 (21.6, 28.6) | 124 | 21.2 (17.9, 24.6) | 135 | 22.9 (19.9, 26.5) | 114 | 25.9 (21.6, 30.2) |