Characteristics | Gardening Season | Totals (N = 4901) | |||||
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 | 2003 (N = 608) | 2004 (N = 609) | 2005‡ (N = 1440) | 2006‡ (N = 777) | 2007 (N = 620) | 2008 (N = 847) |  |
Gender* (weighted counts, wgtd %) | (n = 608) | (n = 607) | (n = 1453) | (n = 795) | (n = 614) | (n = 825) | Â |
   Women | 316 (52.0%) | 353 (58.2%) | 795 (54.7%) | 459 (57.7%) | 344 (56.0%) | 457 (55.3%) | 2723 (55.6%) |
   Men | 292 (48.0%) | 253 (41.8%) | 658 (45.3%) | 336 (42.3%) | 270 (44.0%) | 368 (44.7%) | 2178 (44.4%) |
Education* (wgtd counts, wgtd %) | (n = 608) | (n = 607) | (n = 1453) | (n = 795) | (n = 614) | (n = 825) | Â |
   < High school | 62 (10.2%) | 82 (13.5%) | 130 (9.0%) | 77 (9.7%) | 45 (7.3%) | 63 (7.7%) | 459 (9.4%) |
   High school | 118 (19.5%) | 111 (18.2%) | 269 (18.5%) | 138 (17.4%) | 130 (21.2%) | 182 (22.1%) | 947 (19.3%) |
   Some post-2ndy | 58 (9.6%) | 60 (9.9%) | 124 (8.6%) | 76 (9.6%) | 40 (6.5%) | 75 (9.1%) | 434 (8.9%) |
   Completed post-2ndy | 361 (59.4%) | 347 (57.2%) | 904 (62.2%) | 496 (62.3%) | 394 (64.1%) | 494 (59.8%) | 2995 (61.1%) |
   Missing, don't know, refused | 9 (1.4%) | 7 (1.2%) | 26 (1.7%) | 8 (1.0%) | 5 (0.9%) | 11 (1.3%) | 66 (1.3%) |
Income^†|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   < low income cutoff | 122 (20.1%) | 127 (20.9%) | 201 (14.0%) | 121 (15.6%) | 91 (14.7%) | 137 (16.2%) | 799 (16.3%) |
   ≥ > low income cutoff | 357 (58.7%) | 344 (56.5%) | 842 (58.5%) | 433 (55.7%) | 336 (54.2%) | 460 (54.3%) | 2772 (56.6%) |
   Missing, don't know, refused | 129 (21.2%) | 138 (22.7%) | 397 (27.8%) | 223 (28.7%) | 193 (31.1%) | 250 (29.5%) | 1330 (27.1%) |
Municipality^ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   East York | 36 (5.9%) | 33 (5.4%) | 98 (6.8%) | 60 (7.7%) | 40 (6.5%) | 64 (7.6%) | 331 (6.8%) |
   Etobicoke | 98 (16.1%) | 76 (12.5%) | 190 (13.2%) | 98 (12.6%) | 86 (13.9%) | 142 (16.8%) | 690 (14.1%) |
   North York | 157 (25.8%) | 155 (25.5%) | 340 (23.6%) | 172 (22.1%) | 151 (24.4%) | 189 (22.3%) | 1164 (23.8%) |
   Old City of Toronto | 168 (27.6%) | 183 (30.0%) | 388 (26.9%) | 215 (27.7%) | 174 (28.1%) | 241 (28.5%) | 1369 (27.9%) |
   Scarborough | 116 (19.1%) | 118 (19.4%) | 333 (23.1%) | 175 (22.5%) | 133 (21.5%) | 168 (19.8%) | 1043 (21.3%) |
   York | 29 (4.8%) | 32 (5.3%) | 70 (4.9%) | 48 (6.2%) | 27 (4.4%) | 34 (4.0%) | 240 (4.9%) |
   Other | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 3 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (0.2%) |
   Missing, don't know, refused | 3 (0.5%) | 11 (1.8%) | 19 (1.3%) | 8 (1.0%) | 6 (1.0%) | 9 (1.1%) | 56 (1.1%) |
Had a lawn^ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 333 (54.8%) | 289 (47.5%) | 896 (62.2%) | 479 (61.7%) | 308 (49.7%) | 421 (49.7%) | 2726 (55.6%) |
   No | 265 (43.6%) | 312 (51.2%) | 529 (36.7%) | 294 (37.8%) | 308 (49.7%) | 421 (49.7%) | 2129 (43.4%) |
   Missing, don't know, refused | 10 (1.6%) | 8 (1.3%) | 15 (1.0%) | 4 (0.5%) | 4 (0.6%) | 4 (0.6%) | 46 (0.9%) |
Hired a lawn care company^ [among those with lawns] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 81 (24.3%) | 77 (26.6%) | 193 (21.5%) | 97 (20.3%) | 72 (23.4%) | 98 (23.3%) | 618 (22.7%) |
   No | 248 (74.5%) | 202 (69.9%) | 693 (77.3%) | 376 (78.5%) | 232 (75.3%) | 316 (75.1%) | 2067 (75.8%) |
   Missing, don't know, refused | 4 (1.2%) | 10 (3.5%) | 10 (1.1%) | 6 (1.3%) | 4 (1.3%) | 7 (1.7%) | 41 (1.5%) |