Table 1 Weighted Percentages (%) of living arrangements, food insecurity, physical activity, type of smoker, type of drinker, and self-rated health of the analytical sample, N = 39,636, Canadian Community Health Survey 2017–2018 Annual Component

Food didn’t last and no money to buy more

***

 Never true

93.14

98.05

97.14

90.96

93.06

 Sometimes true / Often true

6.86

1.95

2.86

9.04

6.94

Being physically active or not

***

 No

16.43

12.38

13.54

23.10

17.24

 Yes

83.57

87.62

86.46

76.90

82.76

Type of smoker

***

 Not at all

84.20

90.89

88.73

84.67

84.14

 Occasionally

2.91

1.86

2.54

3.52

1.81

 Daily

12.88

7.25

8.73

11.82

14.04

Type of drinker in the last 12 months

***

 Did not drink in the last 12 months

29.77

20.94

25.69

36.13

42.08

 Occasional drinker

18.31

14.00

16.95

22.11

20.61

 Regular drinker

51.93

65.06

57.36

41.76

37.31

Self-rated physical health

***

 Poor/Fair

21.27

16.10

16.52

24.52

21.63

 Good

32.10

30.36

35.94

35.44

38.09

 Very good to excellent

46.62

53.54

47.54

40.04

40.28