Table 1
Distribution of household population aged 18 to 59, by gender, sexual identity, and selected socio-demographic and economic characteristics, Canada, 2003 and 2005 combined
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Men | Women | |||||
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Heterosexual | Gay | Bisexual | Heterosexual | Lesbian | Bisexual | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Age group | ||||||
18 to 24 | 16.3 | 9.7* | 23.9* | 15.4 | 10.5*E | 35.9* |
25 to 34 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 18.1 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 26.8* |
35 to 44 | 27.6 | 36.3* | 22.2* | 26.9 | 36.4* | 21.2* |
45 to 59 | 34.3 | 31.5 | 35.7 | 35.3 | 30.9 | 16.1* |
Marital status | ||||||
Married or common-law | 64.4 | 31.8* | 39.9* | 65.6 | 38.5* | 40.9* |
Previously married | 6.0 | 4.0* | 7.3E | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.5 |
Single (never married) | 29.6 | 64.2* | 52.9* | 24.3 | 52.2* | 48.6* |
Children younger than 12 in household | 29.5 | 2.6*E | 18.5*E | 31.1 | 8.4* | 26.1* |
Education (aged 25 to 59) | ||||||
Less than secondary | 12.1 | 4.4*E | 16.2 | 10.6 | 6.1*E | 10.7 |
Secondary | 16.7 | 10.2* | 15.8E | 18.1 | 13.4* | 19.1 |
Some postsecondary | 6.7 | 9.3 | 14.4E | 6.8 | 6.1E | 9.4E |
Postsecondary | 64.5 | 76.1* | 53.6* | 64.4 | 74.4* | 60.7 |
Income quintiles | ||||||
Lowest | 17.0 | 15.5 | 34.9* | 22.0 | 19.0 | 42.7* |
Second-lowest | 19.5 | 14.6* | 29.1* | 21.2 | 15.3* | 22.0 |
Middle | 20.1 | 17.9 | 12.4* | 20.3 | 22.1 | 14.5* |
Second-highest | 21.2 | 22.0 | 11.6* | 19.2 | 20.0 | 12.0* |
Highest | 22.1 | 29.9* | 12.0*E | 17.3 | 23.4* | 8.8*E |
Racial or cultural group | ||||||
White | 82.4 | 88.1* | 76.0 | 82.7 | 89.1* | 81.9 |
Non-white | 17.6 | 11.9* | 24.0 | 17.3 | 10.9*E | 18.1 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver | 34.9 | 55.9* | 47.0* | 35.1 | 41.0* | 34.9 |
CMA 100,000 to 2 million | 31.9 | 28.3* | 24.9* | 32.1 | 35.1 | 31.3 |
Non-CMA (less than 100,000) | 33.1 | 15.8* | 28.1 | 32.8 | 23.9* | 33.8 |
* significantly different from estimate for heterosexual population of same gender (p < 0.05) | ||||||
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) | ||||||
Note: Missing values are excluded. | ||||||
Data source: 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey (combined data). | ||||||
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, " Health care use among gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. |
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