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
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.