Household type	Need for care services	Total
Total	Households with dependants (thousands)	2,471.8
Total	With unmet need for home care services (percentage)	37.1
Total	With unmet need for home care services (thousands)	916.7
Total	The household cannot afford it	40.6
Total	Rejected by the person who needs them	6.0
Total	There are no services available	12.1
Total	The quality of the available services is not satisfactory	3.4
Total	Other reasons	37.9
Single man aged 65 or older	Households with dependants (thousands)	105.4
Single man aged 65 or older	With unmet need for home care services (percentage)	42.6
Single man aged 65 or older	With unmet need for home care services (thousands)	44.9
Single man aged 65 or older	The household cannot afford it	44.4
Single man aged 65 or older	Rejected by the person who needs them	4.0
Single man aged 65 or older	There are no services available	16.7
Single man aged 65 or older	The quality of the available services is not satisfactory	6.5
Single man aged 65 or older	Other reasons	28.3
Single woman 65 or older	Households with dependants (thousands)	464.5
Single woman 65 or older	With unmet need for home care services (percentage)	47.1
Single woman 65 or older	With unmet need for home care services (thousands)	218.6
Single woman 65 or older	The household cannot afford it	41.1
Single woman 65 or older	Rejected by the person who needs them	7.2
Single woman 65 or older	There are no services available	11.7
Single woman 65 or older	The quality of the available services is not satisfactory	2.8
Single woman 65 or older	Other reasons	37.2
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	Households with dependants (thousands)	672.5
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	With unmet need for home care services (percentage)	40.3
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	With unmet need for home care services (thousands)	271.1
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	The household cannot afford it	39.0
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	Rejected by the person who needs them	5.6
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	There are no services available	14.4
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	The quality of the available services is not satisfactory	3.1
Two adults, at least one aged 65 years or over	Other reasons	37.9
Other types of households	Households with dependants (thousands)	1,229.2
Other types of households	With unmet need for home care services (percentage)	31.1
Other types of households	With unmet need for home care services (thousands)	381.9
Other types of households	The household cannot afford it	41.0
Other types of households	Rejected by the person who needs them	5.8
Other types of households	There are no services available	10.0
Other types of households	The quality of the available services is not satisfactory	3.6
Other types of households	Other reasons	39.5