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Ethnicity
Time Since Immigration
White (n = 215,694)
South Asian (n = 3,284)
SE Asian (n = 4,962)
Black (n = 1,858)
Latin American (n = 861)
West Asian (n = 878)
Aboriginal persons (n = 6,921)
Others (n = 2,138)
Non-Immigrant (n = 204,764)
Established Immigrant (n = 25,616)
Recent Immigrant (n = 6,216)
Age
20-34
23.2
36.2
35.5
37.3
45.2
42.9
41.8
34.6
25.9
13.0
43.7
35-49
30.8
38.3
36.2
36.4
39.2
35.1
31.5^
35
30.8
29.9
41.8
50-64
24.5
18.2
18.2
19.4
11.2
17.7
17.7
19.1
23.6
30.9
10.6
65+
21.5
7.3
10.1
6.9
4.4
4.2
9.0
11.3
19.6
26.2
3.8
Sex
Male
46.7
52.0
49.7
45.7^
44.4^
56.1
43.2
52.1
46.5
48.7
49.8
Female
53.3
48.0
50.3
54.3^
55.6^
43.9
56.8
47.9
53.5
51.3
50.2
Body Mass Index
UW
2.3
5.2
9.0
2.6
3.2
3.4
1.7
2.5^
2.4
2.8
6.8
Normal
44.9
56.2
70.0
45.9
45.4
49.8
33.6
47.3^
44.8
46.9
60.5
OW
35.5
30.8
17.8
34.6
36.7
34.4^
34.2^
34.6^
34.9
36.4
25.5
OB
17.2
7.8
3.2
16.9
14.7
12.4
30.4
15.6^
17.9
13.9
7.2
Education
> Secondary
24.1
16.5
14.1
18.4
16.9
14.5
45.0
18.4
24.1
22.0
11.9
Secondary Graduate
18.0
16.5
21.9
15.5
22.0
15.4
12.5
17.1^
17.5
18.2
15.5
Some post-secondary
7.4
9.3
8.1^
12.1
10.0
12.1
9.0
8.4^
8.0
6.1
8.2^
Post-Secondary Graduate
50.5
57.7
55.9
54.0
51.1^
58.0
33.6
56.2
50.4
53.6
64.5
Income
> $5,000
0.9
1.3^
3.2
0.9^
3.7
3.2
2.7^
2.1^
0.9
0.9
3.9
$5,000-14,999
9.6
4.1
6.5^
8.7^
8.9^
11.1^
20.6
8.1^
10.0
6.8
8.7
$15,000-29,999
17.4
14.4
15.3^
22.9^
12.2
20.8^
22.7
19.3^
17.3
16.7^
19.7^
$30,000-49,999
21.3
24.8^
21.8^
26.2
28.8^
28.2^
21.2^
18.9^
21.1
21.5^
25.4
$50,000-$79,999
24.9
29.5
25.9^
22.4^
30.5
21.3^
19.3
24.1^
24.7
25.2^
25.4^
$80,000 and more
25.9
25.8^
27.3^
18.9
16.0
15.4^
13.6
27.4^
26.1
28.9
16.9
PA Index
Active
21.3
16.1
17.9
17.8
19.1^
19.4^
22.7^
20.1^
22.6
20.8
16.9
Moderate
24.6
18.4
20.8
18.8
20.8
16.8
20.5
22
24.9
22.9
19.7
Inactive
54.1
65.5
61.3
63.4
60.1
63.8
56.8
57.9
52.5
56.3
63.4
PA Mode
Walking
68.3
56.7
55.8
55.3
57.5
56.2
70.8
59.5
69.1
64.2
55.7
Endurance
34.6
29.7
35.8^
29.2
33.3^
33.6^
29.2
31.5
37.1
30.2
36.2^
Recreation
60.0
38.8
40.0
37.1
38.0
30.5
51.7
48.4
62.4
51.0
35.7
Exercise
36.6
45.0
43.7
45.8
44.1
38.5^
31.0
43.3
37.1
39.9
39.7
Sports
28.8
24.3
27.6^
26.8^
27.4^
31.6^
25.0
29.9
26.9
18.8
28.4
Commute
53.1
55.8
49.7
59.7
63.9
52.0^
60.5
52.1^
54.1
53.7^
59.3
No PA
10.5
18.7
15.9
17.4
15.6
20.9
12.5
14.1
9.7
13.4
17.9
Note: All figures are in percentages and each coloumn sums up to 100% per variable, except for PA Mode. PA Mode figures represent % of sample who responded yes to participation in that particular activity. Sample size numbers are unweighted.
Abbreviations: SE: South-East; BMI: Body Mass Index; UW: underweight; OW: overweight; OB: obese; PA: Physical Activity.
Symbols: ^NS (p > 0.05) based on Pearson chi square analyses and standardized adjusted residuals.
Referent group for ethnicity analyses was 'White' and referent for time since immigration was 'Non-Immigrant'.
