Table 2

Prescription drug use by sociodemographic factors

	6–11 years (n=1074)		12–19 years (n=1013)
	Took prescription medication (%)	Mean no. of prescription medications*	Took prescription medication (%)	Mean no. of prescription medications*
Gender
Male	18	1.63	29	1.41
Female	17	1.92	38	1.51
Household education
Secondary school or less	19†	1.39	37†	1.47†
College	14	1.80	35	1.48
University	20†	1.82†	28†	1.54
Household income adequacy
Low	20†	1.89	27†	1.61†
Middle	16†	1.84†	39	1.50
High	17	1.67†	32	1.48
Province of residence
New Brunswick	26‡	3.03	32‡	1.31‡
Quebec	16†	1.67‡	36†	1.34
Ontario	19	1.71	33	1.57
Alberta	15†	1.59	32	1.46†
British Columbia	11‡	1.20	29‡	1.48†