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Table 2 Weighted* distribution of immigration-related characteristics of Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) older immigrant respondents

From: Factors associated with loneliness in immigrant and Canadian-born older adults in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Characteristic

 

Older Adult Immigrants

Total Population

 

N = 535,618

Sample Size

 

n = 968

Time in Canada (Years)

Mean (SE)

43.7 (0.9)

Median (SE)

44.7 (1.2)

Age at Immigration (Years)

Mean (SE)

31.1 (0.9)

Median (SE)

27.1 (0.7)

Birth Country, %

  

US/UK/France

 

24.0%

Other Europe

 

32.2%

East Asia

 

6.5%

South Asia

 

7.5%

Southeast Asia

 

2.9%

South America

 

1.4%

Caribbean

 

2.7%

Other

 

22.7%

Language able to Conduct a Conversation, %

 

(English or French) and Other

 

54.2%

English or French only

 

31.3%

Neither English nor French

 

14.5%

  1. SE = standard error; UK = United Kingdom; US = United States.
  2. Note: Data were derived from the Ontario component of Canadian Community Health Survey (Healthy Aging) linked to health administrative databases.
  3. * Weighted using Canadian Community Health Survey sampling weights and bootstrap weights provided by Statistics Canada.