Variable | n | Per cent |
---|---|---|
Average age | 1004 | 49 years |
Education | ||
Less than high school/high school diploma | 367 | 37 |
Apprenticeship or college diploma(s)/some university | 358 | 36 |
University degree(s) | 279 | 28 |
Employment status (current paid work) | ||
Yes (outside the home and self-employed) | 580 | 58 |
No (unemployed, retired, other) | 424 | 42 |
Population centre | ||
Small population centre (<29 999) | 230 | 23 |
Medium population centre (30 000–99 999) | 187 | 19 |
Large urban population centre (≥100 000) | 587 | 58 |
Marital status | ||
Married/living common-law | 675 | 67 |
Widowed/separated/divorced/single | 329 | 33 |
Children living at home | ||
Yes, with children | 335 | 33 |
Race* | ||
White | 841 | 84 |
First Nations, Metis or Inuit | 19 | 2 |
Chinese | 61 | 6 |
Black | 7 | 1 |
All other | 54 | 5 |
2011 Household income* | ||
<$19 999 | 36 | 4 |
$20 000–79 999 | 421 | 42 |
≥$80 000 | 348 | 35 |
Cancer experiences | ||
Know someone who had chemotherapy for cancer | 791 | 79 |
Cared for someone else with cancer | 348 | 35 |
Know of a relative(s) who has, or had, breast cancer | 489 | 49 |
Know someone other than a relative who has, or had, breast cancer | 740 | 74 |
Know someone who had GEP testing for breast cancer | 51 | 5 |
*Respondents could also choose ‘prefer not to answer’.
GEP, gene expression profiling.