From: Time trends in social contacts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: the CONNECT study
2016 Census | Pre-COVID | 1st wave | Summer 2020 and 2nd wave | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | N | %weighted | N | %weighted | N | % weighted | |
Total | 1291 | 546 | 4970 | ||||
Age | |||||||
0–5 yrs old | 6.2 | 222 | 6.6 | 40 | 8.4 | 298 | 7.0 |
6–11 yrs old | 6.6 | 163 | 8.1 | 31 | 5.7 | 225 | 7.5 |
12–17 yrs old | 5.9 | 91 | 6.8 | 60 | 8.0 | 506 | 7.3 |
18–25 yrs old | 9.3 | 98 | 8.5 | 53 | 9.1 | 506 | 9.3 |
26–45 yrs old | 26.4 | 204 | 27.9 | 181 | 26.3 | 1304 | 26.8 |
46–65 yrs old | 27.6 | 303 | 25.8 | 131 | 25.8 | 1539 | 26.0 |
66–75 yrs old | 10.6 | 162 | 9.7 | 45 | 9.8 | 514 | 9.7 |
> 75 yrs old | 7.4 | 48 | 6.4 | 5 | 6.8 | 78 | 6.5 |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 49.6 | 609 | 49.9 | 238 | 49.2 | 2515 | 50.0 |
Female | 50.4 | 682 | 50.1 | 308 | 50.8 | 2455 | 50.0 |
Region | |||||||
Rural | 18.8 | 239 | 15.5 | 66 | 12.1 | 836 | 16.2 |
Urban | 81.2 | 1049 | 84.5 | 480 | 87.9 | 4134 | 83.8 |
Region | |||||||
Greater Montreal€ | 61.0 | 635 | 61.0 | 371 | 61.0 | 2815 | 60.9 |
Other Quebec regions | 39.0 | 642 | 39.0 | 175 | 39.0 | 2152 | 39.1 |
Household size | |||||||
1 | 33.3 | 239 | 23.2 | 125 | 23.3 | 968 | 19.6 |
2 | 34.8 | 408 | 34.1 | 188 | 36.2 | 2049 | 39.6 |
3 | 13.9 | 198 | 13.4 | 78 | 13.1 | 738 | 15.5 |
4 | 12.1 | 268 | 17.1 | 108 | 18.9 | 824 | 17.8 |
5 + | 6.0 | 178 | 12.3 | 47 | 8.5 | 391 | 7.6 |
Household composition | |||||||
Without 0–17-year-olds | 61.0 | 734 | 65.2 | 346 | 65.2 | 3345 | 64.8 |
With 0–5-year-olds | 17.1 | 256 | 16.2 | 84 | 16.4 | 743 | 16.6 |
If not, with 6–14-year-olds | 14.0 | 255 | 16.1 | 90 | 15.8 | 734 | 16.0 |
If not, with 15–17-year-olds | 2.6 | 46 | 2.5 | 26 | 2.5 | 148 | 2.6 |
0–17 without information | 5.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Level of education (among 25–64 yrs) | |||||||
No diploma, no degree | 13.3 | 38 | 7.7 | 18 | 6.8 | 112 | 3.7 |
Secondary (high) school | 18.5 | 63 | 12.1 | 34 | 12.5 | 293 | 10.1 |
College, cegep, other non-university certificate/diploma | 38.8 | 184 | 37.6 | 99 | 32.3 | 916 | 31.9 |
University | 29.3 | 210 | 42.7 | 164 | 48.4 | 1483 | 54.2 |
Employment rate | |||||||
among 15–19 yrs old | 47.3 | 10 | 22.9 | 8 | 22.2 | 98 | 31.7 |
among 20–24 yrs old | 72.1 | 37 | 42.5 | 20 | 55.4 | 160 | 51.1 |
among 25–44 yrs old | 85.2 | 179 | 81.8 | 147 | 83.9 | 1183 | 89.6 |
among 45–64 yrs old | 71.4 | 167 | 59.3 | 99 | 71.0 | 1074 | 72.8 |
among ≥ 65 yrs old | 10.3 | 22 | 8.6 | 10 | 13.7 | 159 | 19.6 |
Participation rate in education | |||||||
among 18–24 yrs old | 55.0 | 51 | 67.9 | 33 | 68.9 | 319 | 70.3 |
among 25–29 yrs old | 14.0 | 12 | 19.5 | 7 | 16.5 | 66 | 18.2 |
among 30–34 yrs old | 8.0 | 7 | 15.0 | 5 | 8.5 | 40 | 9.8 |
Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
Caucasian | 87.0 | 1124 | 88.5 | 460 | 87.6 | 4449 | 90.3 |
Other | 13.0 | 156 | 11.5 | 77 | 12.4 | 455 | 9.7 |
Missing | 11 | – | 9 | – | 66 | – | |
Country of origin | |||||||
Canadian-born | 85.0 | 1208 | 91.5 | 472 | 88.9 | 4498 | 89.8 |
Foreign-born | 15.0 | 83 | 8.5 | 72 | 11.1 | 466 | 10.2 |
Missing | 0 | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | |
Mother tongue | |||||||
English | 8.0 | 77 | 7.0 | 43 | 6.8 | 351 | 7.4 |
French | 79.0 | 1122 | 88.1 | 440 | 84.1 | 4288 | 86.3 |
Other | 13.0 | 54 | 4.9 | 56 | 9.2 | 291 | 6.3 |
Missing | 38 | – | 7 | – | 40 | – | |
Type of occupation (workers)* | |||||||
0. Management | 9.8 | 52 | 13.3 | 35 | 13.5 | 346 | 12.5 |
1. Business, finance, administration | 15.9 | 58 | 13.2 | 56 | 17.4 | 510 | 19.0 |
2. Natural & applied sciences | 6.7 | 31 | 8.2 | 33 | 11.6 | 350 | 13.6 |
3. Health | 7.0 | 48 | 10.8 | 32 | 9.6 | 224 | 8.3 |
4. Education, law & social, community & gov. service | 11.8 | 89 | 20.3 | 48 | 15.4 | 446 | 16.2 |
5. Art, culture, recreation & sport | 3.2 | 15 | 3.4 | 12 | 4.1 | 115 | 4.8 |
6. Sales & services | 23.2 | 67 | 15.1 | 41 | 12.2 | 382 | 13.7 |
7. Trades, transport & equipment operators | 13.5 | 43 | 12.6 | 26 | 11.0 | 240 | 8.6 |
8. Natural resources, agriculture & related production | 1.6 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 21 | 0.9 |
9. Manufacturing & utilities | 4.9 | 6 | 2.0 | 11 | 3.8 | 64 | 2.4 |
Unknown | 2.4 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 48 | – |