Table 1 Characteristics of sample by ethnicity and time since immigration
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 | |