Table 2 Percentage of participants reporting awareness of general health inequalities in Ontario, and relative risk of unawareness in subgroups

All participants (% in agreement with statement)

72.6

52.7

64.1

56.5

Relative risk (95% confidence interval) of being unaware of health disparities ¹

Age (years):

18–34

-

Reference

Reference

Reference

35–54

-

0.68 (0.54–0.86)

0.77 (0.61–0.97)

-

55+

-

0.51 (0.40–0.65)

0.65 (0.50–0.83)

0.72 (0.56–0.93)

Male sex

-

0.78 (0.65–0.94)

-

-

Residence in a Census Metropolitan Area

-

0.71 (0.58–0.87)

0.75 (0.60–0.92)

-

Birth place and immigration status:

Born in Canada

-

-

-

Reference

Immigrated 10+ years ago

-

-

-

0.73 (0.56–0.94)

Recent immigrant

-

-

-

-

Non-English language spoken most often at home

1.45 (1.05–1.99)

-

-

1.64 (1.17–2.32)

Visible minority

-

-

-

-

Household income under $40,000

-

-

-

-

Low educational attainment

1.82 (1.45–2.28)

-

1.83 (1.47–2.28)

-

Currently unemployed

-

-

-

-

0.49 (0.32–0.74)

If the election were being held today, would vote:

Liberal

-

-

-

-

New Democratic Party

-

0.56 (0.40–0.78)

-

0.67 (0.48–0.95)

Progressive Conservative

-

-

-

-

Other (incl. Green Party)

-

-

-

-

Don’t know or refused

-

Reference

-

Reference

Fair or poor self-rated health

−0.62 (0.45–0.85)

-

-

-

Very good understanding of Ontarians’ health problems

0.75 (0.61–0.94)

0.82 (0.68–0.99)

0.74 (0.60–0.91)

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