Table 1 Characteristics for recent adult male immigrants who arrived in Ontario from 1993–2007 (18 years+), by region of origin, and for their matched long term resident comparators in urban Ontario (N (%))

Population

N (%)

41,996 (9.9)

27,459 (6.5)

91,248 (21.0)

12,094 (2.9)

20,306 (4.81)

56,601 (13.4)

36,643 (8.7)

127,110 (30.1)

8,916 (2.1)

422,373 (100.0)

420,578 (99.6 %)

Age at immigration (years)^a

Mean ± SD

36.24 ± 11.11

34.93 ± 12.01

37.42 ± 12.52

33.73 ± 11.97

34.49 ± 10.51

36.53 ± 11.59

36.34 ± 12.17

36.22 ± 12.58

33.60 ± 9.39

36.24 ± 12.09

<.001

Admission Class^a

Economic

28,284 (67.3)

8,987 (32.7)

55,251 (60.6)

3,044 (25.2)

8,015 (39.5)

32,530 (57.5)

19,325 (52.7)

64,346 (50.6)

3,668 (41.1)

223,450 (52.9)

<.001

Family

5,440 (13.0)

18,135 (66.0)

30,413 (33.3)

2,100 (17.4)

6,543 (32.2)

21,226 (37.5)

6,140 (16.8)

42,273 (33.3)

2,624 (29.4)

134,894 (31.9)

Refugees

8,272 (19.7)

337 (1.2)

5,584 (6.1)

6,950 (57.4)

5,748 (28.3)

2,845 (5.0)

11,178 (30.5)

20,491 (16.1)

5,748 (28.3)

2,624 (29.4)

Marital Status^a

Married

30,563 (72.8)

17,628 (64.2)

65,982 (72.3)

6,256 (51.7)

13,488 (66.4)

39,533 (69.8)

20,416 (55.7)

78,365 (61.7)

4,915 (55.1)

277,146 (65.6)

<.001

Separated

1,438 (3.4)

824 (3.0)

1,467 (1.6)

346 (2.9)

679 (3.3)

1,566 (2.8)

706 (1.9)

1,742 (1.4)

281 (3.2)

9,049 (2.1)

Single

9,983 (23.8)

8,971 (32.7)

23,784 (26.1)

5,491 (45.4)

6,127 (30.2)

15,494 (27.4)

15,509 (42.3)

46,980 (37.0)

3,714 (41.7)

136,053 (32.2)

Education level^a

None

226 (0.5)

278 (1.0)

975 (1.1)

394 (3.3)

305 (1.5)

472 (0.8)

437 (1.2)

3,374 (2.7)

82 (0.9)

6,543 (1.5)

<.001

More than high school

32,659 (77.8)

7,737 (28.2)

64,999 (71.2)

5,444 (45.0)

12,402 (61.1)

36,139 (63.8)

23,692 (64.7)

80,081 (63.0)

5,490 (61.6)

268,643 (63.6)

Secondary

9,111 (21.7)

19,444 (70.8)

25,274 (27.7)

6,256 (51.7)

7,599 (37.4)

19,990 (35.3)

12,514 (34.2)

43,655 (34.3)

3,344 (37.5)

147,187 (34.8)

Language^a

English/French

29,471 (70.2)

27,313 (99.5)

46,754 (51.2)

10,707 (88.5)

15,180 (74.8)

44,797 (79.1)

28,254 (77.1)

94,501 (74.3)

8,405 (94.3)

305,382 (72.3)

<.001

Neither

12,524 (29.8)

144 (0.5)

44,494 (48.8)

1,387 (11.5)

5,126 (25.2)

11,804 (20.9)

8,389 (22.9)

32,607 (25.7)

510 (5.7)

116,985 (27.7)

Period of arrival^a

1993–1997

14,108 (33.6)

14,294 (52.1)

25,286 (27.7)

4,478 (37.0)

6,035 (29.7)

26,897 (47.5)

12,432 (33.9)

34,126 (26.8)

2,387 (26.8)

140,043 (33.2)

<.001

1998–2002

17,429 (41.5)

7,778 (28.3)

34,923 (38.3)

3,460 (28.6)

6,194 (30.5)

16,452 (29.1)

13,084 (35.7)

50,119 (39.4)

3,271 (36.7)

152,710 (36.2)

2003–2007

10,459 (24.9)

5,387 (19.6)

31,039 (34.0)

4,156 (34.4)

8,077 (39.8)

13,252 (23.4)

11,127 (30.4)

42,865 (33.7)

3,258 (36.5)

129,620 (30.7)

Area income quintile^b

1 (low)

18,988 (45.2)

12,287 (44.7)

33,470 (36.7)

5,803 (48.0)

7,533 (37.1)

11,886 (21.0)

14,247 (38.9)

56,150 (44.2)

4,630 (51.9)

164,994 (39.1)

<.001

77,043 (18.3)

2

9,013 (21.5)

6,690 (24.4)

25,082 (27.5)

2,227 (18.4)

4,899 (24.1)

11,564 (20.4)

7,368 (20.1)

30,768 (24.2)

1,979 (22.2)

99,590 (23.6)

84,172 (20.0)

3

5,703 (13.6)

4,357 (15.9)

15,615 (17.1)

1,474 (12.2)

3,191 (15.7)

10,903 (19.3)

5,988 (16.3)

20,917 (16.5)

1,121 (12.6)

69,269 (16.4)

85,744 (20.4)

4

4,347 (10.4)

2,653 (9.7)

10,009 (11.0)

1,215 (10.0)

2,445 (12.0)

10,294 (18.2)

4,843 (13.2)

12,267 (9.7)

703 (7.9)

48,776 (11.5)

86,269 (20.5)

5 (high)

3,531 (8.4)

1,176 (4.3)

6,163 (6.8)

1,128 (9.3)

1,948 (9.6)

11,231 (19.8)

3,564 (9.7)

5,712 (4.5)

344 (3.9)

34,797 (8.2)

83,801 (19.9)

Missing

414 (1.0)

296 (1.1)

909 (1.0)

247 (2.0)

290 (1.4)

723 (1.3)

633 (1.7)

1,296 (1.0)

139 (1.6)

4,947 (1.2)

3,549 (0.8)