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Characteristic	OHS	General population
Sex
Female	61	51
Male	39	49
Age (years)	46 (15)	41
Country of birth
Canada	72	68
Other	21	31
Unknown	7	2
First language learned
English only	83	67
French only	3	4
Other	14	29
Education
< High school	2	18
High school	22	27
College	30	27
University	32	20
Graduate degree	15	9
Marital status
Married, living with a partner	66	57
Single, never married	20	28
Divorced/separated	11	9
Widowed	3	6
Anuual household income
<$25 000	12	13
$25 000–$49 999	17	19
$50 000–$74 999	20	21
$75 000–$149 999	37	30
≥$150 000	15	16
Ethnicity^b
Not a visible minority	80	67
East Asian/Filipino/Asian	11	20
Indigenous	3	4
Black	2	5
Latin American	1	1
Arab	1	2
Multiple visible minorities	1	1
Other	2	1

Characteristic	OHS	General population
Sex
Female	61	51
Male	39	49
Age (years)	46 (15)	41
Country of birth
Canada	72	68
Other	21	31
Unknown	7	2
First language learned
English only	83	67
French only	3	4
Other	14	29
Education
< High school	2	18
High school	22	27
College	30	27
University	32	20
Graduate degree	15	9
Marital status
Married, living with a partner	66	57
Single, never married	20	28
Divorced/separated	11	9
Widowed	3	6
Anuual household income
<$25 000	12	13
$25 000–$49 999	17	19
$50 000–$74 999	20	21
$75 000–$149 999	37	30
≥$150 000	15	16
Ethnicity^b
Not a visible minority	80	67
East Asian/Filipino/Asian	11	20
Indigenous	3	4
Black	2	5
Latin American	1	1
Arab	1	2
Multiple visible minorities	1	1
Other	2	1

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics in the Ontario Health Study (OHS) and the general population of Ontario, mean (SD) or %

Characteristic	OHS	General population
Characteristic	(N = 225 620)	(N = 13 242 160)^a
Sex
Female	61	51
Male	39	49
Age (years)	46 (15)	41
Country of birth
Canada	72	68
Other	21	31
Unknown	7	2
First language learned
English only	83	67
French only	3	4
Other	14	29
Education
< High school	2	18
High school	22	27
College	30	27
University	32	20
Graduate degree	15	9
Marital status
Married, living with a partner	66	57
Single, never married	20	28
Divorced/separated	11	9
Widowed	3	6
Anuual household income
<$25 000	12	13
$25 000–$49 999	17	19
$50 000–$74 999	20	21
$75 000–$149 999	37	30
≥$150 000	15	16
Ethnicity^b
Not a visible minority	80	67
East Asian/Filipino/Asian	11	20
Indigenous	3	4
Black	2	5
Latin American	1	1
Arab	1	2
Multiple visible minorities	1	1
Other	2	1

Characteristic	OHS	General population
Characteristic	(N = 225 620)	(N = 13 242 160)^a
Sex
Female	61	51
Male	39	49
Age (years)	46 (15)	41
Country of birth
Canada	72	68
Other	21	31
Unknown	7	2
First language learned
English only	83	67
French only	3	4
Other	14	29
Education
< High school	2	18
High school	22	27
College	30	27
University	32	20
Graduate degree	15	9
Marital status
Married, living with a partner	66	57
Single, never married	20	28
Divorced/separated	11	9
Widowed	3	6
Anuual household income
<$25 000	12	13
$25 000–$49 999	17	19
$50 000–$74 999	20	21
$75 000–$149 999	37	30
≥$150 000	15	16
Ethnicity^b
Not a visible minority	80	67
East Asian/Filipino/Asian	11	20
Indigenous	3	4
Black	2	5
Latin American	1	1
Arab	1	2
Multiple visible minorities	1	1
Other	2	1

2016 Ontario census profile; restricted to include data for people aged ≥18 years.

Visible minorities: persons, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour; multiple visible minorities: respondents who reported more than one visible minority group.

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