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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents: percentages corrected for stratified sampling and coefficients of variation

From: Use of residential wood heating in a context of climate change: a population survey in Québec (Canada)

Variables

%1

CV2

Gender

Women

51.6

0.02

 

Men

48.3

0.02

Age

18 to 34 years

29.1

0.03

 

35 to 64 years

54.6

0.02

 

65 years or more

16.2

0.05

First language learned at home

French only

81.0

0.01

 

English only

6.1

0.09

 

Language other than French or English

10.1

0.15

 

English or French plus another language

2.9

0.08

Status of activities (last 12 months)

Employed

67.0

0.02

 

Unemployed

8.4

0.07

 

Student

3.4

0.15

 

Retired

21.8

0.04

Income (before tax/from all sources/last 12 months)

Less than $ 15 000

9.3

0.07

 

Between $ 15 000 and $ 29 999

17.2

0.05

 

Between $ 30 000 and $ 44 999

17.8

0.05

 

Between $ 45 000 and $ 59 999

14.1

0.05

 

$ 60 000 or more

26.2

0.03

 

Undisclosed3

15.2

0.05

Lives alone

Yes

18.2

0.04

 

No

81.8

0.01

Region of residence

Eastern Québec

5.7

0.02

 

Northern part of southern Québec

5.9

0.02

 

Québec City region

14.6

0.01

 

Centre of the province

6.4

0.02

 

South of Montréal

21.1

0.01

 

North of Montréal

15.7

0.01

 

Montréal and Laval

30.8

0.01

Type of dwelling

House

64.9

0.01

 

Apartment: ≤ 4 storeys

31.1

0.03

 

Apartment > 4 storeys

3.9

0.11

  1. 1%: percentages. The total percentages for a given variable may not be exactly 100%, due to rounding to the closest decimal. To simplify the presentation, percentages below 2% for missing data have not been reported.
  2. 2CV, coefficients of variation. CV ≤ 15%: sufficiently precise estimates; CV between 15% and 25%: acceptable precision, estimates to be carefully interpreted; CV > 25%: low precision, estimates to be interpreted with circumspection [25].
  3. 3These participants, compared to those who disclosed their income strata, were more often women, individuals at least 65 years of age, and retired people.