Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of home Internet users and non-users, household population aged 18 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2005

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  Health users Other users Non- users
Average age 41 40 58*
  %
Female 55 45* 51
Married 56 50* 55
University degree 32 24* 7*
Employed 74 77* 44*
Children younger than 18 in household 42 44 21*
Urban 82 79* 69*
Household income more than $80,000 43 37* 13*
* significantly different from estimate for health users (p < 0.01)
Data source: 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Getting a second opinion: Health information and the Internet", Health Reports, Vol. 19 No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.