Table 3
Percentage reporting desire to have participated in more social activities in past 12 months, by age group and factors preventing particpation, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

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Table summary
 This table displays the results of percentage reporting desire to have participated in more social activities in past 12 months men, women, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Men Women
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Total 20.7 19.1 22.2 26.6Note ‡ 25.1 28.2
Age group  
65 to 74Note † 22.0 19.9 24.1 29.9Note ‡ 27.5 32.3
75 to 84 19.3 16.8 21.8 24.0Note *Note ‡ 21.9 26.1
85 or older 16.8Note * 13.8 19.8 19.8Note * 17.0 22.5
Factors preventing more social participation  
Health condition/limitation 33.0 29.4 36.5 34.8 31.9 37.6
Too busy 28.4 24.6 32.2 16.2Note ‡ 13.7 18.7
Personal/Family responsibilities 10.1 7.2 13.0 10.4 8.0 12.7
Don't want to go alone 9.0 6.8 11.3 16.7Note ‡ 14.3 19.2
Cost 7.6 4.8 10.3 8.6 6.4 10.7
Activities not available in area 7.0 5.2 8.8 8.0 6.4 9.7
Time of activities not suitable 6.7 5.0 8.5 8.1 6.2 10.1
Location too far 4.2 2.5 5.9 5.6 4.0 7.2
Transportation problems 3.7 2.2 5.1 11.2Note ‡ 9.3 13.1
Other 16.0 13.1 18.9 14.0 12.0 16.1
† reference group
* signficantly different from reference group (p<0.05)
‡ signficantly different from men (p<0.05)
Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey—Healthy Aging.