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Table 2 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Respondents (nā€‰=ā€‰504)

From: What were they thinking when providing preference measurements for generic health states? The evidence for HUI3

Demographic Variable

Variable Category

% of Respondents

Age (years):: meanā€‰=ā€‰43Ā years (SD 18)

Ā Ā 

Gender

Female

59

Male

42

Present health rating

Excellent

27

Very good

42

Good

22

Fair

8

Poor

2

Marital status

Single

29

Married/common-law

52

Divorced/Separated

12

Widowed

7

Education

High school or less

50

Apprenticeship, certificate, part or complete Bachelorā€™ degree

45

Post-graduate or Professional degree

5

Religion

Roman Catholic

32

Anglican

14

United

13

Other Protestant

11

Other, Non-Protestant

17

No religious preference

14

Employment status

Employed

56

Unemployed

4

Unable to work due to health problem

6

Retired/Student/Keeping house

31

Other

3

Family incomea

Low (<ā€‰70% of national mediana)

38

Middle (70% to 165% of national median)

43

High (>ā€‰165% of national median)

15

Refused

4

  1. Note: Category percentages may not sum to 100& due to rounding
  2. aThe categories for Family Income variable categories relative to median for Canada during survey year
  3. Source: Statistics Canada. Annual Estimates for Census Families and Individuals (T1 Family File). http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/document/4105_D5_T1_V10-eng.htm (accessed August 26, 2016)