I know that this is one magazine's opinion, but having lived in Canada for a year now (I can't beleive it's been that long), I am beginning to agree. Read on and be amazed! If you don't appreciate this article, or learn something new, you need to have your eyes opened a bit anyway (and my guess is that you probably live in Utah). ENJOY!!
http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080625_50113_50113
If you are too lazy to read the article, here are a few statistics I found interesting (from 2007/2008 study, all money is in US dollars):
MONEY/FAMILY
- median family net worth: CAN $123,000 US $93,000
- median household income: CAN $44,000 US $46,000
- per capita personal debt: CAN $23,000 US $40,000
- % of annual household expenditure spent on housing: CAN 19% US 34%
- average # of hours worked per week: CAN 34.6 US 37.9
- % of parents who have dinner at home with family every night:
CAN 40% US 28%
- % of household expediture that's spent on vehicle purchases:
CAN 4.5% US 7.1%
- luxury, large and sport vehicles as a % of light vehicle sales:
CAN 11% US 21.3%
- # of marriages per year per 1,000 unmarried woman age 15+:
CAN 22.2 US 40.7
- age at 1st marraige for woman: CAN 28.5 US 25.1
- age at 1st marraige for men: CAN 30.6 US 26.7
- # of divorces per year per 1,000 married women age 15+:
CAN 10.6 US 16.4
- % of births to unmarried women: CAN 25.6% US 38.5%
HEALTH
- life expectancy for men: CAN 77.8 US 75.2
- life expectancy for women: CAN 82.6 US 80.4
- infant deaths per 1,000 live births: CAN 5.3 US 6.8
- % with diabetes: CAN 4.7% US 6.7%
- public and private health care spending per person each year:
CAN $3,326 US $6,401
- % of women who are obese: CAN 19% US 33%
- %& of men who are obese: CAN 17% US 31%
CRIME
- guns per 100 people: CAN 30 US 90
- gun murders (per 100,000): CAN 0.6 US 3.4
- murders (all causes) per 100,000 population: CAN 1.9 US 5.7
- robberies per 100,000 population: CAN 94 US 146
SEX
- % who have sex at least once a week: CAN 59% US 53%
- sex sessions per year: CAN 100 US 85
- % of teens who say they used a condom the last time they had sex:
CAN 76% US 62%
- # of teen pregnancies per 100,000 teen females: CAN 3,050 US 7,200
- # of teen girls with Chlamydia (per 100,000): CAN 1,367 US 2,863
TRAVEL
- average # of leisure trips each person takes each year: CAN 5.2 US 5.2
- of those trips, # which are to foreign destinations: CAN 1.2 US 0.2
- # of overnight trips taken outside of the country (per 100,000):
CAN 71,900 US 21,300
- % of citizens with passports: CAN 50% US 30%
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SO do these people who conduct the survey (hey maybe it's WW - haha) ask them to keep track of these things for a year and then they call them back...or do most people keep track of how many times a year they have sex? Kidding.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously the US has problems with people having huge cars and homes that they don't need. I don't understand how people do it...or why. I read this article http://realestate.msn.com/loans/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=353659>1=7929&vv=550 and found it very interesting. You don't have to read it but basically it said: The average American home grew from 983 square feet in 1950 to 2,349 square feet in 2004 -- a 140% increase. Yet the American household shrank by 18% between 1970 and 2003, from 3.14 people to 2.57, on average.
Somethings wrong with this picture. And people who buys things they can't afford aren't just hurting themselves, but the economy and our interest rates. Okay. Sorry, there is my rant for the day.
Very interesting. Very informative. You're getting more Canadian by the minute. That's good. Thanks for giving us the list. I didn't take time to read the whole article. Grandma
ReplyDeleteWow....so interesting!
ReplyDeleteGood stuff. Definitely gives you something to think about. So Canada is more than just "America's Hat"! LOL
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, it is interesting to see not just the comparisons between the two countries but to see how the U.S. has changed--or declined, in my view. Maybe some healthy competition could do us some good!
Your post reminded me of this blog, "Stuff White People Like." It's kind of a spoof blog; very sarcastic and very funny! Anyway they have on their list "Threatening to Move to Canada." You should check it out!
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
Thought provoking...makes me wonder what things will be like for our children.
ReplyDeleteSo, Just wanted you (my dear A.B.) to know that I am in fact NOT avoiding your phone calls...despite that I totally realize that it appears that way! I'm just TERRIBLE with returning phone calls....I'm much better at texting, you know that! :) PROMISE I WILL call you THIS WEEK! Maybe even on the 24th and we can celebrate Utah's Pioneer Day on the phone! HA, sounds like good times, I know...
ReplyDeleteGreat artical! So I take it you're not going to be moving back anytime soon, LOL! Really now I'm thinking hmmm.....Canada, maybe.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article Lisa. I might use it in some of my classes!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you. I will be dropping you a line!
Shannon asked me to read this because she thought it was so interesting. And it was. I can't say I am too suprised by the numbers.
ReplyDeleteI guess I would be interested to see how the numbers would stack up if Canada was compared to just the states that border Canada that have similiar demographics. I think the numbers might be a little more even then. Or maybe not.