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| Religious Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec Catholics | Catholics - rest of Canada | Protestant | Other1 | No Religion | |
| Predicted probability (%) | |||||
| Total | 3 |
27 |
21 |
16 |
25 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 3 |
25 |
18* |
13* |
30* |
| Female | 3 |
29 |
25 |
20 |
20 |
| Age | |||||
| 15-29 | 5 |
32 |
34 |
15 |
21 |
| 30-44 | 5 |
28 |
29 |
15 |
24 |
| 45-59 | 2* |
27 |
24* |
15 |
24 |
| 60+ | 3* |
24* |
12* |
20 |
37* |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 3 |
27 |
20 |
15 |
26 |
| Common-law union | 5* |
32* |
32* |
32* |
23 |
| Province of residence | |||||
| Atlantic provinces | … |
23 |
16* |
33* |
37* |
| Quebec | … |
… |
25 |
17 |
33 |
| Ontario | … |
26 |
22 |
15 |
27 |
| Prairie provinces | … |
30 |
22 |
11* |
29 |
| British Columbia | … |
38* |
25 |
21* |
19* |
| Parents were in interreligious union | |||||
| Yes | 10* |
39* |
27* |
23* |
23 |
| No | 3 |
26 |
20 |
15 |
26 |
| Religion of mother | |||||
| No religion | 0 |
18* |
31* |
34 |
18* |
| Catholic | 3 |
29 |
17 |
36 |
31 |
| Protestant | 4 |
16* |
21* |
22 |
27 |
| Other Christian | 40* |
32 |
37* |
9* |
36 |
| Other religion | 9* |
31 |
43* |
18 |
3 |
| Religion of respondent | |||||
| Mainline Protestant2 | … |
… |
22 |
… |
… |
| Conservative Protestant3 | … |
… |
18* |
… |
… |
| Other Protestant | … |
… |
23 |
… |
… |
| Orthodox Christian | … |
… |
… |
44* |
… |
| Christian n.i.e. (not included elsewhere) | … |
… |
… |
18* |
… |
| Muslim4 | … |
… |
… |
10 |
… |
| Jewish | … |
… |
… |
7 |
… |
| Buddhist | … |
… |
… |
26* |
… |
| Hindu | … |
… |
… |
9 |
… |
| Sikh | … |
… |
… |
6 |
… |
| Other Eastern religions | … |
… |
… |
24* |
… |
| Religiosity | |||||
| Low (0-5) | 4* |
47* |
31* |
31* |
… |
| Medium (6-10) | 4* |
35* |
27* |
25* |
… |
| High (11-13) | 2 |
16 |
11 |
9 |
… |
| Highest level of schooling | |||||
| Less than high school graduation | 2* |
23 |
20 |
9* |
25 |
| High school diploma or some postsecondary | 4 |
26 |
21 |
14 |
25 |
| College diploma or certificate | 4 |
29 |
21 |
21* |
31* |
| University degree | 3 |
33* |
23 |
19* |
23 |
| Home Language | |||||
| English only | 48 |
36 |
21 |
30 |
30 |
| French only | 2* |
2* |
42* |
26 |
25 |
| Non-official language | 22* |
18* |
29 |
8* |
9* |
| English and French | 11* |
31 |
36* |
36 |
29 |
| English and non-official language(s) | 28* |
16* |
20 |
9* |
18* |
| French and non-official language(s) | 15* |
13 |
25 |
4* |
39 |
| Size of community in 2001 | |||||
| Rural and small town Canada | 5 |
28 |
16* |
17 |
24 |
| under 25,000 | 0 |
17 |
20 |
15 |
27 |
| 25,000-249,999 | 1 |
28 |
20 |
16 |
23 |
| 250,000-999,999 | 5 |
26 |
22 |
18 |
21 |
| 1,000,000 and over | 4 |
28 |
24 |
15 |
29 |
| 1. Includes Orthodox Christian, Christian n.i.e., Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Other Eastern religions and other religions. 2. Mainline Protestants (Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Church) are the reference group for Protestants. 3. Conservative Protestant includes Baptist, Pentecostal, Nazarene, Evangelical Free, Mennonite, Salvation Army, Reformed, Christian and Missionary Alliance and other smaller groups. 4. Muslim is the reference group for “Other religions”. * Statistically significant difference from reference category (p<0.05). |
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| Note: Reference groups are shown in italics. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey, 2002. | |||||