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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (n = 13,020)

From: Association between intergenerational solidarity involving elders and mental health of Indigenous people living off reserve

  

Participants

Women (54.8%)

Men (45.2%)

P

Age

 

30.6 ± 0.1

30.7 ± 0.2

30.4 ± 0.2

0.16

Overcrowding index (persons/room)

≤ 1

92.2

92.2

92.2

0.24

>  1, <  1.5

3.8

3.5

4.1

≥ 1.5

4.1

4.3

3.7

Material deprivation (quintile)

1st

14.1

13.4

14.9

0.50

2nd

18.3

17.8

18.9

3rd

18.5

18.7

18.2

4th

20.7

21.3

19.9

5th

28.4

28.7

28.1

Social deprivation (quintile)

1st

12.7

11.7

14.0

< 0.001

2nd

15.9

15.0

17.0

3rd

19.1

17.6

20.9

4th

24.0

25.5

22.3

5th

28.2

30.2

25.9

  1. Data shown are percentage or mean ± standard error. Differences between men and women were tested with a t-test (age) or chi-square test (proportions)