Abstract

        This study provides profiles (numbers, rates, and percentage distributions) of all Canadian adults by five-year age groups, ages 15 to 19, to 75 to 79, and 80 plus, in Appendix 2.

        Sets of charts in Chapters 2 to 6 portray the percentage distributions of many of the characteristics, with three age groups in each chapter. Chapter 1 presents charts for a more reduced selection of characteristics for all of the age groups. The introduction contains a description of a selection of these results.

        Separate tables and charts for males and females are not given, though the importance of gender among teens, and in each decade of life up to the 60s, and 70 plus, is examined by regression methods, in relation to 14 behaviours, including educational attainment, and worship frequency.

        The other behaviours examined are life satisfaction, frequency of feeling at peace, whether or not one is a smoker, the frequency of smoking more when stressed, the times intoxicated, the dollars gambled, religiosity, the importance of spiritual values, whether or not one is married (or cohabits, or is divorced or separated), and the household size.

        These behaviours are analysed for each age group in relation to age within the age group, sex, education, faith community in relation to liberal Protestant (United Church, Anglican, Presbyterian and Lutheran), marijuana use, hours of sleep, and region in relation to Ontario.

        Detailed analytical results for the 56 equations are presented in Chapter 7, in the form of tables. The main results in these tables are gathered together in the form of summary tables appearing at the end of the introduction, and this introduction also includes a description of the main findings.

        Definitions of variables used and a description of the survey source and list of the questions appear in Appendix 1.