Baseline characteristics of home care recipients
| Characteristic | No. (%) of recipients* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglophone n = 159 621 | Francophone n = 5118 | Allophone n = 24 951 | |
| Age at admission, yr, mean ± SD | 76.9 ± 12.6 | 78.5 ± 10.7 | 80.6 ± 9.4 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 87 857 (55.0) | 2888 (56.4) | 13 399 (53.7) |
| Male | 71 764 (45.0) | 2230 (43.6) | 11 552 (46.3) |
| Marital status | |||
| Not married | 86 797 (54.4) | 2955 (57.7) | 12 236 (49.0) |
| Married or common-law | 69 199 (43.4) | 2085 (40.7) | 12 553 (50.3) |
| Other | 3625 (2.3) | 78 (1.5) | 162 (0.6) |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 34 346 (21.5) | 2255 (44.1) | 9669 (38.8) |
| High school | 24 955 (15.6) | 544 (10.6) | 1744 (7.0) |
| Some postsecondary | 20 784 (13.0) | 462 (9.0) | 1588 (6.4) |
| University graduate | 14 775 (9.3) | 317 (6.2) | 1073 (4.3) |
| Missing or unknown | 64 761 (40.6) | 1540 (30.1) | 10 877 (43.6) |
| Income quintile | |||
| 1 (lowest) | 40 484 (25.4) | 1407 (27.5) | 6367 (25.5) |
| 2 | 34 511 (21.6) | 1216 (23.8) | 6114 (24.5) |
| 3 | 30 358 (19.0) | 1013 (19.8) | 5091 (20.4) |
| 4 | 27 607 (17.3) | 803 (15.7) | 4203 (16.8) |
| 5 (highest) | 26 161 (16.4) | 656 (12.8) | 3113 (12.5) |
| Missing | 500 (0.3) | 23 (0.4) | 63 (0.3) |
| Ontario geographic region | |||
| Champlain | 11 163 (7.0) | 2528 (49.4) | 895 (3.6) |
| North | 13 740 (8.6) | 1845 (36.0) | 685 (2.7) |
| Other | 134 718 (84.4) | 745 (14.6) | 23 371 (93.7) |
| Urban or rural residence | |||
| Urban | 137 344 (86.0) | 3676 (71.8) | 24 488 (98.1) |
| Rural | 22 129 (13.9) | 1429 (27.9) | 452 (1.8) |
| Missing | 148 (0.1) | 13 (0.3) | 11 (0) |
| Immigrant† | |||
| Yes | 4044 (2.5) | 55 (1.1) | 6095 (24.4) |
| No | 155 577 (97.5) | 5063 (98.9) | 18 856 (75.6) |