Table 2 Characteristics for recent adult female immigrants (18 years+) who arrived in Ontario from 1993–2007, by region of origin, and for their matched long term resident comparators in urban Ontario (N (%))

Population size

N (%)

47,967 (9.8)

32,726 (6.7)

122,711 (25.1)

15,529 (3.2)

23,673 (4.8)

69,137 (14.1)

35,445 (7.2)

134,029 (27.4)

8,524 (1.7)

489,741 (100.0)

487,751 (99.6 %)

Age at immigration (years)^a

Mean ± SD

36.86 ± 12.84

36.36 ± 13.50

36.58 ± 12.60

34.04 ± 13.66

35.22 ± 11.92

36.59 ± 12.92

35.62 ± 12.99

35.04 ± 13.30

32.83 ± 10.32

35.89 ± 12.95

<.001

Admission class^a

Economic

26,908 (56.1)

11,610 (35.5)

67,760 (55.2)

2,993 (19.3)

7,209 (30.5)

32,742 (47.4)

14,743 (41.6)

45,913 (34.3)

2,858 (33.5)

212,736 (43.4)

<.001

Family

13,101 (27.3)

20,397 (62.3)

50,059 (40.8)

4,271 (27.5)

10,799 (45.6)

34,341 (49.7)

13,109 (37.0)

71,894 (53.6)

3,439 (40.3)

221,410 (45.2)

Refugees

7958 (16.6)

716 (2.2)

4892 (4)

8265 (53.3)

5665 (23.9)

2054 (3)

7593 (21.5)

16222 (12.1)

2227 (26.1)

64,029 (15.2)

Marital Status^a

Married

35,685 (74.4)

17,777 (54.3)

83,536 (68.1)

8,272 (53.3)

15,987 (67.5)

49,420 (71.5)

25,392 (71.6)

105,184 (78.5)

5,036 (59.1)

346,289 (70.7)

<.001

Separated

5,493 (11.5)

3,389 (10.4)

7,950 (6.5)

2,096 (13.5)

2,141 (9.0)

5,321 (7.7)

2,919 (8.2)

8,588 (6.4)

803 (9.4)

38,700 (7.9)

Single

6,777 (14.1)

11,528 (35.2)

31,210 (25.4)

5,158 (33.2)

5,537 (23.4)

14,388 (20.8)

7,127 (20.1)

20,243 (15.1)

2,681 (31.5)

104,649 (21.4)

Education level^a

None

450 (0.9)

493 (1.5)

2,040 (1.7)

1,411 (9.1)

556 (2.3)

1,044 (1.5)

1,260 (3.6)

9,616 (7.2)

277 (3.2)

17,147 (3.5)

<.001

More than high school

34,852 (72.7)

8,308 (25.4)

78,399 (63.9)

4,675 (30.1)

13,877 (58.6)

38,716 (56.0)

18,452 (52.1)

64,605 (48.2)

4,136 (48.5)

266,020 (54.3)

Secondary

12,665 (26.4)

23,925 (73.1)

42,272 (34.4)

9,443 (60.8)

9,240 (39.0)

29,377 (42.5)

15,733 (44.4)

59,808 (44.6)

4,111 (48.2)

206,574 (42.2)

Language^a

English/French

28,504 (59.4)

32,497 (99.3)

60,169 (49.0)

12,362 (79.6)

15,117 (63.9)

49,589 (71.7)

22,000 (62.1)

71,509 (53.4)

7,421 (87.1)

299,168 (61.1)

<.001

Neither

19,463 (40.6)

229 (0.7)

62,542 (51.0)

3,167 (20.4)

8,555 (36.1)

19,547 (28.3)

13,445 (37.9)

62,520 (46.6)

1,103 (12.9)

190,571 (38.9)

Period of arrival^a

1993–1997

15,078 (31.4)

17,199 (52.6)

37,141 (30.3)

5,659 (36.4)

6,548 (27.7)

34,400 (49.8)

10,601 (29.9)

35,498 (26.5)

2,101 (24.6)

164,225 (33.5)

<.001

1998–2002

19,679 (41.0)

9,396 (28.7)

42,307 (34.5)

4,848 (31.2)

7,364 (31.1)

19,400 (28.1)

12,544 (35.4)

49,073 (36.6)

2,952 (34.6)

167,563 (34.2)

2003–2007

13,210 (27.5)

6,131 (18.7)

43,263 (35.3)

5,022 (32.3)

9,761 (41.2)

15,337 (22.2)

12,300 (34.7)

49,458 (36.9)

3,471 (40.7)

157,953 (32.3)

Income quintile^b

1 (low)

20,878 (43.5)

14,251 (43.5)

43,097 (35.1)

7,935 (51.1)

8,688 (36.7)

14,901 (21.6)

13,601 (38.4)

58,547 (43.7)

4,619 (54.2)

186,517 (38.1)

<.001

89,042 (18.3)

2

10,280 (21.4)

7,941 (24.3)

32,283 (26.3)

2,870 (18.5)

5,620 (23.7)

14,420 (20.9)

7,036 (19.9)

32,662 (24.4)

1,816 (21.3)

114,928 (23.5)

97,505 (20.0)

3

6,579 (13.7)

5,324 (16.3)

20,668 (16.8)

1,759 (11.3)

3,699 (15.6)

13,236 (19.1)

5,902 (16.7)

22,277 (16.6)

1,020 (12.0)

80,464 (16.4)

99,135 (20.3)

4

5,338 (11.1)

3,349 (10.2)

14,259 (11.6)

1,400 (9.0)

2,975 (12.6)

12,407 (17.9)

4,976 (14.0)

13,251 (9.9)

649 (7.6)

58,604 (12.0)

100,623 (20.6)

5 (high)

4,468 (9.3)

1,562 (4.8)

11,156 (9.1)

1,326 (8.5)

2,421 (10.2)

13,357 (19.3)

3,498 (9.9)

6,160 (4.6)

314 (3.7)

44,262 (9.0)

97,952 (20.1)

Missing

424 (0.9)

299 (0.9)

1,248 (1.0)

239 (1.5)

270 (1.1)

816 (1.2)

432 (1.2)

1,132 (0.8)

106 (1.2)

4,966 (1.0)

3,494 (0.7)