Table 4 Use of residential wood heating in southern Québec for various respondents characteristics: percentages corrected for stratified sampling and p value
Wood heating | p value1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | yes | no | |
Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
• Gender: | 0.1885 | ||
• men | 20.3%2 | 79,7% | |
• women | 18.2% | 81.8% | |
Age: | 0.0004 | ||
• 18–34 years | 16.2% | 83.8% | |
• 35–64 years | 22.4% | 77.6% | |
• 65 years or more | 14.5% | 85.5% | |
Status of activities (last 12 months): | 0.0374 | ||
• employed | 20.3% | 79.7% | |
• unemployed | 21.8% | 78.2% | |
• student | 11.6% | 88.4% | |
• retired | 15.7% | 84.3% | |
Income before tax, from all sources (last 12 months): | < 0.0001 | ||
• < $45,000 | 16.8% | 83.2% | |
• ≥ $45,000 | 23.6% | 76.4% | |
• not disclosed | 14.4% | 85.6% | |
First language learned at home: | < 0.0001 | ||
• French only | 21.9% | 78.2% | |
• English only | 4.9% | 95.1% | |
• other language in addition to French or English | 20.6% | 79.4% | |
• language other than French and English | 6.1% | 93.9% | |
Status as parent: | < 0.0001 | ||
• no children | 14.7% | 85.3% | |
• adult children only | 20.0% | 80.0% | |
• at least one minor child | 23.2% | 76.8% | |
Cohabitation: | < 0.0001 | ||
• lives with other people (related or not) | 21.0% | 79.0% | |
• lives alone | 11.9% | 88.1% | |
Health status | |||
Perceived health status: | 0.1624 | ||
• very good | 20.1% | 79.9% | |
• good | 19.8% | 80.2% | |
• average | 15.6% | 84.4% | |
• bad | 12.8% | 87.2% | |
Having at least one chronic disease diagnosed by a physician and having had it for at least six months | 0.0809 | ||
• yes | 16.9% | 83.1% | |
• no | 20.0% | 80.0% | |
Observance of behaviours according to the preventive advice issued by health professionals | 0.5748 | ||
• always | 19.3% | 80.7% | |
• often | 18.3% | 81.7% | |
• sometimes | 21.8% | 78.2% | |
• rarely | 17.6% | 82.4% | |
• never | 19.4% | 80.6% | |
Perceived influence of extreme meteorological conditions (e.g., heat waves) on health: | 0.0179 | ||
• a lot | 15.2% | 84.8% | |
• average | 15.4% | 84.6% | |
• not much | 18.0% | 82.0% | |
• not at all | 21.2% | 78.8% | |
Dwelling | |||
Type of dwelling: | < 0.0001 | ||
• house | 28.1% | 71.9% | |
• apartment | 2.6% | 97.4% | |
Perceived efficiency of the dwelling's insulation against moisture: | < 0.0001 | ||
• very good | 25.2% | 74.8% | |
• good | 18.9% | 81.1% | |
• average | 15.6% | 84.5% | |
• poor | 7.3% | 92.7% | |
Perceived efficiency of the dwelling's insulation against cold: | < 0.0001 | ||
• very good | 24.5% | 75.6% | |
• good | 20.4% | 79.6% | |
• average | 12.8% | 87.2% | |
• poor | 6.3% | 93.8% | |
Perceived efficiency of the dwelling's insulation against heat: | < 0.0001 | ||
• very good | 27.1% | 72.9% | |
• good | 19.9% | 80.2% | |
average | 13.6% | 86.4% | |
• poor | 3.7% | 96.3% | |
Addition of insulating materials since the dwelling was built: | < 0.0001 | ||
• yes | 26.6% | 73.4% | |
• no | 18.1% | 81.9% | |
• don't know | 6.4% | 93.6% | |
Replacement of doors or windows since the dwelling was built: | 0.3479 | ||
• yes | 20.5% | 79.5% | |
• no | 18.9% | 81.1% | |
Dwelling built before 19833: | 0.1684 | ||
• yes | 18.7% | 81.3% | |
• no | 21.5% | 78.5% | |
• unknown4 | 17.4% | 82.6% | |
Region of residence | |||
Region lived in: | < 0.0001 | ||
• Eastern Québec | 35.0% | 65.0% | |
• Northern part of southern Québec | 34.8% | 65.2% | |
• Central Québec | 30.7% | 69.3% | |
• Québec City region | 23.0% | 77.0% | |
• North of Montréal | 24.9% | 75.2% | |
• South of Montréal | 21.9% | 78.1% | |
• Montréal and Laval | 4.0% | 96.0% | |
Region of residence perceived as conducive to ice storms | 0.0828 | ||
• a lot | 15.2% | 84.8% | |
• average | 19.6% | 80.4% | |
• not much | 20.1% | 79.9% | |
• not at all | 22.8% | 77.2% | |
Region of residence perceived as conducive to winter smog | 0.0002 | ||
• a lot | 11.6% | 88.4% | |
• average | 15.8% | 84.2% | |
• not much | 20.2% | 79.8% | |
• not at all | 23.3% | 76.7% | |
Region of residence perceived as conducive to cold waves | 0.0003 | ||
• a lot | 14.0% | 86.0% | |
• average | 21.8% | 78.2% | |
• not much | 24.3% | 75.7% | |
• not at all | 23.6% | 76.4% | |
Transport | |||
Frequency of use of an automobile: | < 0.0001 | ||
• daily | 21.9% | 78.1% | |
• occasionally | 21.5% | 78.5% | |
• never | 6.8% | 93.2% | |
Use of a remote starter in winter | 0.2007 | ||
• yes | 23.4% | 76.6% | |
• no | 20.8% | 66.1% | |
Consultation of meteorological information in the media | |||
• Temperature: | 0.2666 | ||
• always | 20.2% | 79.8% | |
• often | 19.2% | 80.8% | |
• sometimes | 19.5% | 80.5% | |
• rarely | 17.7% | 82.3% | |
• never | 12.5% | 87.5% | |
Smog warning: | 0.1205 | ||
• always | 17.3% | 82.7% | |
• often | 16.4% | 83.6% | |
• sometimes | 19.2% | 80.8% | |
• rarely | 23.3% | 76.7% | |
• never | 20.1% | 79.9% | |
Intense cold warning: | 0.0594 | ||
• always | 19.8% | 80.2% | |
• often | 19.9% | 80.1% | |
• sometimes | 21.9% | 78.1% | |
• rarely | 15.4% | 84.6% | |
• never | 13.6% | 86.4% | |
Belief of the contribution of anthropogenic causes to climate change in the last fifty years: | 0.1904 | ||
• a lot | 19.4% | 80.6% | |
• average | 18.5% | 81.5% | |
• not much | 22.7% | 77.3% | |
• not at all | 15.6% | 84.4% | |
Prohibition of wood heating when there is winter smog: | < 0.0001 | ||
• completely agree | 10.4% | 89.6% | |
• somewhat agree | 17.5% | 82.5% | |
• somewhat disagree | 24.2% | 75.8% | |
• completely disagree | 38.5% | 61.5% | |