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Table A
Selected socio-demographic characteristics of plausible respondents, under-reporters and over-reporters, household population aged 12 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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Characteristics	All respondents	Plausible respondents	Under- reporters	Over- reporters
Average age (years)	42.9	42.6	44.5^*	39.6^*
	%
Sex (female)	49.5	49.6	50.6	44.8
Body mass index category
Normal	42.3	44.8	31.9^*	61.4^*
Overweight	35.3	35.1	37.8	29.0^*
Obese	22.4	20.1	30.3^*	9.6^*
Leisure-time physical activity
Sedentary	18.4	18.5	16.1	24.9^*
Low active	74.5	75.2	75.0	69.5^*
Active	6.6	5.9	8.2^*	5.4^E
Very active	0.5	0.5^E	0.7^E	F
Education
Less than secondary graduation	9.8	9.1	11.1^*	10.0
Secondary graduation	10.5	9.8	12.8^*	7.6
Some postsecondary	7.2	7.1	8.0	5.3
Postsecondary graduation	70.3	71.8	66.1^*	75.2
Daily fruit and vegetable consumption
Fewer than 5 servings	68.0	67.2	70.8^*	63.4
5 to 10 servings	30.4	31.3	27.6^*	34.4
More than 10 servicing	1.3	1.0^E	1.4^E	F
Household income
Low	2.6	2.1	3.3^*	2.7
Low/Middle	5.6	5.4	6.2	4.8
Middle	19.3	19.0	20.3	17.3
Middle/High	33.1	33.3	31.5	37.4
High	30.4	31.4	29.6	27.3
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.3^E
Prince Edward Island	0.4	0.4	0.5^*	0.3^E
Nova Scotia	3.0	3.2	2.9	2.1^*, ^E
New Brunswick	2.4	2.5	2.5	1.7^*
Quebec	24.0	25.8	18.3^*	32.2^*
Ontario	39.0	37.5	43.6^*	32.0^*
Manitoba	3.5	3.3	4.0^*	2.9
Saskatchewan	2.9	2.8	3.3	2.5^E
Alberta	9.8	9.2	10.8^*	9.4
British Columbia	13.3	13.5	12.2	15.6
* significantly different from estimate for plausible respondents (p < 0.05)
Note: Ratio of engery intake (EI) to enegry expenditure (EE) of plausible respondents is between 0.70 and 1.42.
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition.