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Table 2 Characteristics of persons having declared one or several activity limitations

	No disability	Disability	No disability	Disability
	Men		Women
	'000
Total	6,346	1,880	6,334	2,127
	%
Age
20 to 24 years	11	6^*	11	5^*
25 to 34 years	24	14^*	24	12^*
35 to 44 years	26	20^*	26	21^*
45 to 54 years	24	30^*	24	31^*
55 to 64 years	15	30^*	16	30^*
Family type
Single	18	25^*	12	20^*
Married, no children	21	25^*	24	25
Married, with children	49	37^*	49	34^*
Single parent	2	1	6	8^*
Other	10	12^*	9	14^*
Education
No high school diploma	12	21^*	10	19^*
High school diploma	13	14	15	17
Postsecondary education	49	46	49	45
University degree	23	14^*	23	14^*
Urban region	82	77^*	81	81
Rural region	18	23^*	19	19
Atlantic provinces	7	9^*	8	8
Quebec	26	22^*	26	22^*
Ontario	37	41^*	37	44^*
Manitoba	3	4	3	3
Saskatchewan	3	3	3	3
Alberta	11	9	11	8^*
British Columbia	13	12	13	12
Recent immigrant	10	7^*	12	8^*
Not a recent immigrant	90	93^*	89	92^*
Aboriginal	3	5^*	4	6^*
Non-Aboriginal	97	95^*	96	94^*
Visible minority	85	88^*	84	87^*
Not a visible minority	15	12^*	16	13^*
Good to excellent health	97	65^*	97	60^*
Fair or bad health	3	35^*	3	40^*
Major income recipient	58	57^*	32	39^*
Not the major income recipient	42	43^*	68	61^*
* Significant difference for persons with no disability at 0.05 threshold or better Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2006.