Table 6
Reasons specified by respondents regarding unmet needs with everyday activities, Canada, 2006
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| Reasons | All everyday activities taken into account | Meal | Everyday housework | Heavy household chores | Appoint- ments |
Personal finances | Childcare | Personal Care | Speciali- zed nursing care |
Moving around within the home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percentage | ||||||||||
| Applied for home care were turned down | 3.1 | 5.6E | 3.1E | 2.4E | 2.1E | F | x | F | 6.3E | F |
| Presently on waiting list | 1.7 | 2.3E | 1.8E | 1.0E | 1.3E | F | x | 2.4E | 6.2E | x |
| Not covered by insurance | 5.1 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.0E | 2.6E | F | 4.7E | 3.6E | F |
| Too expensive | 29.4 | 26.5 | 36.9 | 29.5 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 43.6 | 22.3 | 21.4E | 12.8E |
| Did not know where to obtain it | 12.7 | 19.5 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 13.8E | 10.4E | 8.2E | 12.3E |
| Help is not available in the area | 5.9 | 6.5E | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.4E | 4.9E | 4.5E | F | F |
| Informal help is not available | 12.4 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 7.2E | 10.5E | 5.4E | F | 6.2E |
| Other | 29.7 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 20.0 | 22.1 | 18.7E | 27.8 | 21.1E | 17.7E |
| None selected | 33.0 | 25.8 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 32.4 | 29.0 | 13.5E | 31.0 | 30.8E | 26.1E |
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Note: The Canada total excludes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006. |
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