|
Predisposing household characteristics
|
|
Household size*
| | | |
|
One person
|
60.3
|
52.2
|
55.5
|
|
Two persons
|
16.8
|
22.5
|
20.2
|
|
Three or four persons
|
19.2
|
21.6
|
20.6
|
|
Five or more persons
|
3.7
|
3.7
|
3.7
|
|
Household composition
| | | |
|
At least one adult female*
|
58.3
|
74.0
|
67.6
|
|
At least one child*
|
38.1
|
26.3
|
25.8
|
|
Single-parent*
|
4.8
|
5.4
|
5.1
|
|
Enabling household characteristics
|
|
Income (mean)
|
($34,581)
|
($34,149)
|
($34,326)
|
|
Private Insurance*
| | | |
|
Yes
|
39.2
|
48.3
|
44.6
|
|
Household needs
|
|
Prescription drug expenditure (2002)*
| | | |
|
None ($0)
|
36.3
|
21.2
|
27.4
|
|
Low (< $150)
|
33.8
|
31.1
|
32.2
|
|
Medium ($150-500)
|
19.1
|
23.7
|
21.8
|
|
High ($500-1000)
|
6.9
|
11.3
|
9.5
|
|
Catastrophic (> $1000)
|
3.9
|
12.7
|
9.1
|
|
Total ADGs*
| | | |
|
Zero
|
23.2
|
10.5
|
15.7
|
|
One
|
12.4
|
9.2
|
10.5
|
|
Two
|
11.3
|
10.1
|
10.6
|
|
Three
|
9.8
|
10.0
|
9.9
|
|
Four or more
|
43.3
|
60.2
|
53.3
|
|
Local area characteristics
|
|
Recent immigrant concentration*
| | | |
|
High
|
6.6
|
7.2
|
6.9
|
|
Ethnic concentration
| | | |
|
British Isles*
|
78.1
|
74.4
|
75.9
|
|
Other European*
|
71.7
|
68.9
|
70.0
|
|
North American*
|
32.7
|
31.0
|
31.7
|
|
Chinese*
|
12.3
|
15.1
|
14.0
|
|
South Asian*
|
4.0
|
5.2
|
4.7
|
|
Other Asian
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
1.8
|
|
Aboriginal*
|
0.95
|
0.64
|
0.77
|
|
French*
|
0.19
|
0.15
|
0.16
|
|
No ethnic concentration
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
|
Ethnic composition*
| | | |
|
Homogeneous
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
1.8
|
|
Households (N)
|
535,106
|
771,166
|
1,306,272
|
