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Table 2 Description of sample (all results weighted to reflect sampling methodology) and of variables included in the Social Vulnerability Index

From: Social vulnerability from a social ecology perspective: a cohort study of older adults from the National Population Health Survey of Canada

Variable

Mean (95% CI) or %

Age

73.4 (73.0-73.7)

Gender (female)

57%

Frailty index

0.11 (0.10-0.11)

Education

 

 Less than secondary school graduation

54.1%

 Secondary school graduation

12.8%

 Some post-secondary

16.3%

 Post-secondary graduation

16.9%

Frequency of group engagement

0.68 (0.66-0.71)

No group engagement

0.58 (0.56-0.61)

Attending religious services

0.46 (0.44-0.49)

Physical leisure activities

0.67 (0.65-0.68)

EA income

0.56 (0.54-0.58)

EA education

0.52 (0.50-0.54)

EA inequality

0.49 (0.48-0.51)

EA unemployment

0.51 (0.49-0.52)

Support: advice

0.11 (0.09-0.13)

Support: help in a crisis

0.05 (0.04-0.06)

Support: someone to confide in

0.17 (0.15-0.19)

Support: someone to make you feel loved

0.03 (0.02-0.04)

Frequency of contact with relatives

0.15 (0.14-0.16)

Lives alone

0.31 (0.29-0.33)

Marital status

0.41 (0.39-0.43)

Worth equal to others

0.15 (0.14-0.16)

Positive attitude towards self

0.17 (0.16-0.17)

Too much expected of you by others

0.13 (0.12-0.15)

Want to move but cannot

0.10 (0.09-0.12)

Not enough money to buy the things you need

0.18 (0.16-0.20)

Little control over things that happen

0.37 (0.36-0.39)

How often have people let you down

0.25 (0.24-0.26)

Noisy/polluted neighbourhood

0.06 (0.05-0.08)

Frequency of contact with neighbours

0.29 (0.27-0.31)

EA caregiving for seniors

0.48 (0.46-0.50)

Frequency of contact with friends

0.26 (0.25-0.28)

Ability to speak English or French

0.04 (0.03-0.05)

  1. EA = Enumeration Area.