Local Context Influence, Activity Space, and Foodscape Exposure in Two Canadian Metropolitan Settings: Is Daily Mobility Exposure Associated with Overweight?
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for the Island of Montreal and Quebec City area.
Montreal
Quebec
Study Area
Population
1 845 137
564 277
CCHS sample
3244
2334
Average sample size by local area (neighbourhood)
112
71
% of French as maternal language
51.1
95.8
% of visible minority
21.1
1.8
Highway km per 10 000 pers.
2.44
6.71
Individual
%
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)
45.4
43.8
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)
14.2
12.1
Gender (men)
47.3
43.6
18–24 years old
12.1
13.8
25–44 years old
40.2
35.3
45–64 years old
31.2
35.9
Over 65 years old
16.5
15.0
No high school diploma
20.0
14.5
High school of college diploma
50.9
62.1
University degree
29.1
23.4
Available income-low*
27.8
20.9
Available income-high
59.9
65.9
Missing income
12.3
13.2
Average % fast-food (E-ASF-)
18.7
33.0
Neighbourhood
Average % immigrant
27.1
3.5
Average % of single
44.1
45.1
Average % of less than 13 years of schooling
15.7
11.8
Average % who moved within the last year
16.8
14.9
Average % of single parent households
21.8
18.0
Average median income (CAN$)
37676
43138
Average dwelling density
2751
1289
Average % of dwellings constructed before 1946
21.5
13.4
Avegage motorisation rate
72.2
73.8
Average number of four-way intersections (connectivity)
26.4
16.1
Average land use mix score (100 = equal land use; 0 = single land use)
76.8
53.5
Average % fast-food (O-NF-)
20.2
38.6
Sources: CCHS 2003–2005 or a: Statistics Canada 2001; b: source DMTI Spatial 2005; c: Tamec businesses registry 2003-2004, OD survey 2001(Qc)-2003(Mtl), and CCHS 2003–2005.
*Less than 30 K$ for household of 1 or 2 individuals; less than 40 K$ for 3-4 individuals; less than 60 K$ for 5 individuals or more.
