Table 1 Distribution of the characteristics of participants, CCHS 2017-18, Canada. (n = 35,928)
Background Characteristics | Weighted % | Missing (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.0 | |
Male | 51.1 | |
Female | 48.9 | |
Ethnicity | 0.0 | |
White | 71.1 | |
Aboriginal | 3.1 | |
Visible minority | 25.8 | |
Age | 0.0 | |
18–34 | 30.4 | |
35–49 | 25.2 | |
50–64 | 26.2 | |
65 and above | 18.1 | |
Marital status | 0.2 | |
Married | 52.6 | |
Common-law | 9.6 | |
Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 11.7 | |
Single | 26.1 | |
Educational level | 1.5 | |
Less than secondary school graduation | 7.6 | |
Secondary school graduation | 25.3 | |
Post-secondary certificate diploma/university | 67.2 | |
Immigration Status | 2.0 | |
Landed immigrant | 30.1 | |
Non-immigrant (Canadian born) | 69.9 | |
Household food security | 2.4 | |
Food secure | 92.7 | |
Moderately food insecure | 4.6 | |
Severely food insecure | 2.6 | |
Household income | 0.0 | |
No income or less than $20,000 | 5.3 | |
$20,000 to $39,999 | 10.4 | |
$40,000 to $59,999 | 13.0 | |
$60,000 to $79,999 | 12.4 | |
$80,000 or more | 59.0 | |
Smoking | 0.0 | |
Daily | 12.1 | |
Occasionally | 4.9 | |
Not at all | 83.0 | |
Perceived mental health | 2.6 | |
Poor | 1.8 | |
Fair | 6.2 | |
Good | 22.9 | |
Very good | 38.3 | |
Excellent | 30.8 | |
Life stress | 0.3 | |
Not at all stressful | 11.2 | |
Not very stressful | 24.1 | |
A bit stressful | 42.3 | |
Quite a bit stressful | 19.0 | |
Extremely stressful | 3.4 | |
Work stress level * | 1.3 | |
Not at all stressful | 8.2 | |
Not very stressful | 20.5 | |
A bit stressful | 43.6 | |
Quite a bit stressful | 22.8 | |
Extremely stressful | 4.9 |