Table 3 Percentage of participants reporting awareness of specific health inequalities by income in Ontario, and relative risk of unawareness in subgroups
From: Public awareness of income-related health inequalities in Ontario, Canada
The rich are less likely to suffer from… | ||||||||||
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Heart disease | Mental illness | Stress and anxiety | Depression | Alcoholism | Accidents | Diabetes | Obesity | Lung disease | ||
All participants (% in agreement with statement) | 18.5 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 18.0 | 25.3 | 35.4 | 27.1 | |
Relative risk (95% confidence interval) of being unaware of health disparities 1 | ||||||||||
Age (years): | 18–34 | - | - | - | - | - | Reference | - | - | Reference |
35–54 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.64 (0.47–0.88) | - | - | 0.56 (0.43–0.73) | |
55+ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.53 (0.38–0.74) | - | - | 0.43 (0.32–0.57) | |
Male sex | - | 0.70 (0.57–0.87) | - | - | 0.75 (0.61–0.93) | 0.79 (0.62–1.00) | - | - | 0.76 (0.62–0.94) | |
Residence in a Census Metropolitan Area | - | - | - | 0.74 (0.58–0.96) | - | - | 0.75 (0.61–0.93) | - | ||
Birth place and immigration status: | Born in Canada | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Immigrated 10+ years ago | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Recent immigrant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Non-English language spoken most often at home | 0.69 (0.49–0.98) | - | 0.69 (0.49–0.97) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Visible minority | - | - | - | - | - | 0.67 (0.49–0.92) | - | - | - | |
Household income under $40,000 | - | 0.77 (0.60–0.99) | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Low educational attainment | - | - | - | 1.49 (1.15–1.93) | - | 1.57 (1.22–2.03) | 1.60 (1.28–2.01) | 1.40 (1.10–1.79) | ||
Currently unemployed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
If the election were being held today, would vote: | Liberal | 0.61 (0.44–0.84) | - | - | - | - | 0.54 (0.38–0.77) | 0.66 (0.50–0.88) | - | 0.73 (0.55–0.97) |
New Democratic Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.69 (0.48–0.98) | - | - | |
Progressive Conservative | - | - | - | - | - | 0.66 (0.47–0.94) | - | - | - | |
Other (incl. Green Party) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.64 (0.43–0.97) | - | - | - | |
Don’t know or refused | Reference | - | - | - | - | Reference | Reference | - | Reference | |
Fair or poor self-rated health | - | - | 0.67 (0.49–0.92) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Very good understanding of Ontarians’ health problems | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.77 (0.62–0.95) | 0.77 (0.63–0.93) | - |