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Table 4 Personal characteristics by number of diability years ¹

	0	1	2 or 3	4 or 5	6
	Years with disability
	'000
Total	6,107	1,529	1,322	836	567
	%
Sex
Men	50	48	48	50	44^*
Women	50	52	52	50	56^*
Age
25 to 34 years	22	16^*	13^*	10^*	7*^E
35 to 44 years	34	30^*	25^*	21^*	17^*
45 to 54 years	28	33^*	33^*	33	36^*
55 to 64 years	15	21^*	29^*	36^*	40^*
Health status
Excellent	35	16^*	10^*	6^*	3^*
Very good	43	37^*	29^*	22^*	10^*
Good	20	32^*	38^*	36^*	24^*
Fair	2	11^*	18^*	26^*	33^*
Poor	0	3^*	6^*	10^*	30^*
Education
No high school diploma	11	15^*	17^*	23^*	31^*
High school diploma	17	16	19^*	18	19
Postsecondary education	47	49	49	44	40^*
University degree	25	19^*	14^*	13^*	8^*^E
Family type
Single	12	10	14	17^*	27^*
Married, no children	34	36	40^*	44^*	39
Married, with children	44	41	32^*	22^*	15^*
Single parent	3	5^E	5^E	5^E	5^E
Other	7	9	9	12^*	14^*
Children
None	41	39	49^*	55^*	65^*
1	20	20	22	19	15^*
2	27	26	20^*	17^*	11^*
3	9	12^*	7	7^E	6^*^E
4 or more	3	3^E	2^E	2^E	F
Atlantic provinces	9	9	7	10	12^*
Quebec	27	25	24	24	22
Ontario	35	33	35	34	35
Manitoba and Saskatchewan	7	8	7	7	8
Alberta	10	12^*	10	11	13
British Columbia	13	13	18^*	13	10^E
Urban region	78	77	81	77	78
Rural region	22	23	19	23	22
Visible minority	9	9	8	6^*	4^*^E
Not a visible minority	91	91	92	94^*	96^*
Recent immigrant	16	16	16	15	14
Not a recent immigrant	84	84	84	85	87
Aboriginal	2	3^E	3^E	3^E	4^*^E
Non-Aboriginal	97	96	95	96	95^*
1. Reference year is 2004 for most variables. Health status is an average for years with a disability. For persons without a disability, average health status for the six observation years was used. * Significant difference for persons with no disability at 0.05 threshold or better. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1999 to 2004.