Sociodemographic characteristics of women reporting contact with a current or former partner in the previous five years in the 1999 general social survey, by level of activity limitation (weighted number and %)
| Characteristic | AL often | AL sometimes | No AL | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||
| *Social assistance, pension, disability insurance, child benefits, employment insurance. †Significant difference (p⩽0.05) between women reporting AL often and AL sometimes. | |||||||
| Age group (years) | |||||||
| 15 to 24 | 22 | (5.1) | 22 | (5.2)† | 376 | (89.7) | <0.0001 |
| 25 to 34 | 50 | (2.7) | 106 | (5.7) | 1697 | (91.6) | |
| 35 to 44 | 135 | (5.5) | 176 | (7.3) | 2119 | (87.2) | |
| 45 to 54 | 146 | (7.8) | 149 | (8.0) | 1580 | (84.3) | |
| 55 to 64 | 167 | (14.2) | 136 | (11.6) | 873 | (74.2) | |
| 65 and older | 214 | (21.0) | 162 | (15.9) | 643 | (63.1) | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Common law | 57 | (5.4) | 70 | (6.6) | 935 | (88.0) | <0.0001 |
| Widowed | 34 | (24.7) | 20 | (14.8) | 83 | (60.6) | |
| Divorced/separated | 79 | (13.4) | 66 | (11.2) | 445 | (75.4) | |
| Single | 35 | (9.5) | 39 | (10.8) | 292 | (79.8) | |
| Married | 523 | (8.0) | 552 | (8.4) | 5506 | (83.7) | |
| Highest level education | |||||||
| University/college | 264 | (6.2) | 296 | (7.0)† | 3672 | (86.8) | <0.0001 |
| High school | 181 | (6.7) | 232 | (8.6) | 2286 | (84.7) | |
| Some secondary/elementary/no schooling | 281 | (16.0) | 216 | (12.3) | 1258 | (71.7) | |
| Household income | |||||||
| No income-$29999 | 251 | (15.0) | 218 | (13.0)† | 1208 | (72.1) | <0.0001 |
| $30000–$49999 | 154 | (7.8) | 160 | (8.1) | 1656 | (84.1) | |
| $50000 or more | 148 | (4.4) | 202 | (6.1) | 2990 | (89.5) | |
| Unknown | 180 | (10.1) | 172 | (9.6) | 1433 | (80.3) | |
| Main source of income | |||||||
| Employment or self employment | 199 | (3.7) | 344 | (6.4)† | 4874 | (90.0) | <0.0001 |
| Other sources* | 398 | (19.7) | 297 | (14.7) | 1329 | (65.7) | |
| No income | 112 | (10.7) | 84 | (8.0) | 852 | (81.3) | |
| Born in Canada | 617 | (8.8) | 625 | (8.9) | 5777 | (82.3) | 0.01 |
| Aboriginal | 26 | (13.8) | 21 | (11.1) | 143 | (75.1) | 0.01 |
| Visible minority | 31 | (4.3) | 45 | (6.2) | 653 | (89.5) | <0.001 |
| Years living in current dwelling | |||||||
| <5 | 264 | (7.2) | 294 | (8.0) | 3104 | (84.8) | <0.01 |
| ⩾5 | 469 | (9.2) | 457 | (9.0) | 4169 | (81.8) | |
| Religious attendance | |||||||
| At least once a week | 219 | (10.1) | 208 | (9.6) | 1741 | (80.3) | 0.05 |
| At least once a month | 67 | (6.6) | 73 | (7.2) | 874 | (86.2) | |
| Few times a year | 148 | (8.2) | 160 | (8.8) | 1504 | (83.0) | |
| At least once a year | 52 | (8.1) | 49 | (7.7) | 539 | (84.2) | |
| Not at all/never | 177 | (9.3) | 171 | (8.9) | 1565 | (81.8) | |
| Number children aged 0–14 in household | |||||||
| None | 597 | (10.8) | 558 | (10.1)† | 4396 | (79.2) | <0.0001 |
| One | 66 | (4.7) | 88 | (6.3) | 1254 | (89.1) | |
| Two | 54 | (4.2) | 71 | (5.5) | 1174 | (90.4) | |
| Three or more | 16 | (3.1) | 34 | (6.7) | 462 | (90.3) | |
| Region | |||||||
| Atlantic region | 81 | (11.4) | 59 | (8.2)† | 572 | (80.4) | <0.0001 |
| Quebec | 227 | (10.0) | 134 | (5.9) | 1912 | (84.2) | |
| Ontario | 230 | (7.2) | 323 | (10.1) | 2648 | (82.7) | |
| Prairie region | 112 | (7.7) | 140 | (9.6) | 1207 | (82.7) | |
| British Columbia | 84 | (7.4) | 96 | (8.5) | 948 | (84.1) | |
| Urban residence | 573 | (8.5) | 568 | (8.4) | 5582 | (83.1) | 0.56 |
| Number household members receiving income from other source | |||||||
| No other member | 38 | (7.8) | 53 | (10.8) | 399 | (81.4) | 0.74 |
| One member | 497 | (7.9) | 510 | (8.1) | 5303 | (84.1) | |
| Two members | 59 | (7.5) | 72 | (9.1) | 658 | (83.3) | |
| Three members or more | 33 | (7.9) | 31 | (7.3) | 361 | (84.8) | |
| Language of interview | |||||||
| English | 515 | (7.8) | 615 | (9.3) | 5509 | (83.0) | 0.0001 |
| French | 218 | (10.2) | 136 | (6.4) | 1777 | (83.4) | |