Appendix 1: Survey Respondent Profiles and Regressions – Generation Z: Portrait of a New Generation of Young Canadians and How They Compare to Older Canadians
Table 1: Profile of survey respondents
Age
Frequency
Percentage
16–17
500
12
18–20
544
13
21–24
123
3
25–34
534
12
35–54
994
23
55–74
1,318
31
75+
274
6
Place of birth
Frequency
Percentage
Outside Canada
790
18
Canada
3,494
82
Prefer not to answer
3
0
Education
Frequency
Percentage
CEGEP or some university
1,694
40
Completed university
967
23
High school or less
1,625
38
Prefer not to answer
1
0
Gender
Frequency
Percentage
Male
1,682
39
Female
2,584
60
Prefer not to answer
21
0
First spoken language
Frequency
Percentage
English
3,105
72
French
832
19
Other
345
8
Prefer not to answer
5
0
Occupation
Frequency
Percentage
Employee
1,851
43
Other
1,578
37
Student
858
20
Political interest
Frequency
Percentage
Not interested at all
319
7
Somewhat uninterested
953
22
Somewhat interested
2,063
48
Very interested
952
22
Religious
Frequency
Percentage
No
2,402
56
Yes
1,881
44
Prefer not to answer
4
0
Visible minority
Frequency
Percentage
No
3,253
76
Yes
1,032
24
Prefer not to answer
2
0
Voted in 2019
Frequency
Percentage
Didn't vote, can't remember, or wasn't eligible to vote
548
13
I am sure I voted
2,669
62
Thought about voting but didn't
181
4
Usually vote but didn't
167
4
Prefer not to answer
722
17
Table 2: OLS regressions explaining levels of political interest of those aged 16 to 22
Variables
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Respondent under 18 years old
0.02
0.04
0.00
(0.02)
(0.05)
(0.03)
Non-European or mixed descent
−0.01
−0.01
−0.01
(0.02)
(0.02)
(0.02)
Female
−0.01
−0.01
−0.01
(0.02)
(0.02)
(0.02)
Mother’s highest education level
0.00
0.00
0.00
(0.03)
(0.03)
(0.03)
Father’s highest education level
0.01
0.01
0.02
(0.03)
(0.03)
(0.03)
Attended an election information session or event
0.04
0.04
0.09
(0.04)
(0.04)
(0.05)
Searched for information about the election, candidates or parties
0.04
0.04
0.06
(0.02)
(0.02)
(0.04)
Used the Vote Compass
0.02
0.02
0.05
(0.03)
(0.03)
(0.05)
Watched at least one leaders’ debate
0.04
0.04
0.01
(0.02)
(0.02)
(0.03)
Attended a political debate at their school or university