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Table B
Weighted characteristics of sample with valid blood lead and/or urinary bisphenol A concentrations, household population aged 6 to 79 years, Canada, March 2007 to February 2009

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Characteristics All respondents
% 95% confidence interval
from to
Sex
Males 49.8 49.7 49.9
Females 50.2 50.1 50.3
Age group (years)
6 to 11 7.3 7.2 7.5
12 to 19 11.4 11.2 11.6
20 to 39 30.9 30.7 31.2
40 to 59 33.5 33.3 33.6
60 to 79 16.9 16.8 17.0
Highest level of education in household
Less than secondary graduation 5.7 4.3 7.6
Secondary graduation 11.6 8.9 15.0
Some postsecondary 6.6 5.0 8.7
Postsecondary graduation 76.1 69.6 81.5
Household income adjusted for household size
First quartile ($25,000 or less) 25.7 21.7 30.1
Second quartile (more than $25,000 to $41,000) 24.1 21.1 27.3
Third quartile (more than $41,000 to $64,000) 25.3 22.3 28.5
Fourth quartile (more than $64,000) 25.0 20.9 29.5
Country of birth
Outside Canada 21.5E 14.1 31.3
Canada 78.5 68.7 85.9
Age of dwelling
Less than 20 years 33.0 25.4 41.7
20 to less than 50 years 43.5 36.3 51.1
50 years or more 23.4 16.2 32.6
Smoking status
Never 52.6 49.4 55.8
Former 27.0 24.3 30.0
Current 20.3 17.9 23.0
Frequency of alcohol consumption in past 12 months
Less than once a week 54.9 51.0 58.7
1 to 3 times a week 30.2 27.3 33.3
4 to 6 times a week 7.0 5.6 8.6
Daily 7.9 6.2 10.0
BMI status
Neither overweight nor obese 45.0 40.2 49.9
Overweight 33.6 30.8 36.6
Obese 21.4 18.4 24.6
adjusted using 40/30 formula; adjusted household incomes for all respondents ranked and divided into quartiles
excludes children younger than 12
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.