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Table 14
Impacts of change: Seniors (aged 65 and over), 2008

	Finances†	Death of a loved one	Health	Care of a sick or disabled person
	Change of greatest impact
	percentage
Perception of change
Negative	62	…	64	62
Neither positive nor negative	x	…	6^E	x
Positive	x	…	30	x
Contacts gained or lost due to change¹
Gained	15^E	20	22	52*
Lost	12^E	13	15	18^E
Financial situation due to change
Worse	61	13*	x	x
Same	17^E	80*	80*	77*
Better	23^E	7^E*	x	x
Physical health due to change
Worse	x	14	51*	x
Same	67	80	27*	53
Better	x	6^E	22	x
Mental health due to change
Worse	22^E	19	23	x
Same	66	75	63	58
Better	12^E	6^E	13^E	x
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05
1. Respondents could report both a gain and a loss in social contacts due to the change of greatest impact.
Notes: This table includes respondents aged 65 years and over who experienced at least one major change in the last 12 months.
Due to rounding, percentage totals may not add up to 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.