Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample.
| K6 distress category | Total n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | None to low n (%) | Moderate n (%) | Severe n (%) | |
| Age in years | ||||
| 18–34 | 249 (29.5) | 370 (43.8) | 226 (26.7) | 845 (27.9) |
| 35–54 | 473 (44.6) | 419 (39.5) | 169 (15.9) | 1061 (35.0) |
| 55 + | 755 (67.2) | 321 (28.6) | 48 (4.3) | 1124 (37.1) |
| Gender | ||||
| Cisgender man | 799 (54.1) | 514 (34.8) | 165 (11.2) | 1478 (48.8) |
| Cisgender woman | 672 (44.8) | 577 (38.5) | 251 (16.7) | 1500 (49.5) |
| Transgender woman | 1 (11.1) | 3 (33.3) | 5 (55.6) | 9 (0.3) |
| Transgender man | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 4 (66.7) | 6 (0.2) |
| Non-binary | 1 (4.3) | 10 (43.5) | 12 (52.2) | 23 (0.8) |
| Two-Spirit | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 2 (0.1) |
| Not listed | 0 (0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (0.1) |
| Household income (annual), CAD | ||||
| Under $25k | 75 (34.4) | 84 (38.5) | 59 (27.1) | 218 (7.5) |
| $25k–<$50k | 221 (43.6) | 183 (36.1) | 103 (20.3) | 507 (17.5) |
| $50k–<$100k | 472 (49.4) | 356 (37.2) | 128 (13.4) | 956 (33.0) |
| $100k + | 655 (53.9) | 427 (35.1) | 133 (10.9) | 1215 (42.0) |
| Education completed | ||||
| High school or less | 249 (52.6) | 158 (33.4) | 66 (14.0) | 473 (15.6) |
| Some college or university | 278 (53.1) | 159 (30.3) | 87 (16.6) | 524 (17.3) |
| College or university graduate | 951 (46.8) | 793 (39.0) | 290 (14.3) | 2034 (67.1) |
| Race/ethnicity a | ||||
| Non-racialized | 1013 (51.4) | 718 (36.4) | 240 (12.2) | 1971 (68.0) |
| Racialized (non-Indigenous) | 364 (44.8) | 289 (35.6) | 159 (19.6) | 812 (28.0) |
| Indigenous | 38 (33.0) | 51 (44.3) | 26 (22.6) | 115 (4.0) |
| Urban/rural | ||||
| Urban | 677 (46.5) | 542 (37.2) | 237 (16.3) | 1456 (48.1) |
| Rural | 302 (54.0) | 186 (33.3) | 71 (12.7) | 559 (18.4) |
| Sub-urban | 498 (49.1) | 382 (37.6) | 135 (13.3) | 1015 (33.5) |
| Pre-existing mental health condition | ||||
| No | 1390 (57.4) | 807 (33.3) | 226 (9.3) | 2423 (80.8) |
| Yes | 84 (14.6) | 284 (49.4) | 207 (36.0) | 575 (19.2) |
| Total | 1478 (48.8) | 1110 (36.6) | 443 (14.6) | 3030 (100.0) |
Due to a small amount of missing data, the total n for some sociodemographic characteristics is lower than 3030.
a
Participants who identified only European origins were classified as non-racialized, those who identified one or more non-European origins were classified as racialized persons, and those who identified Indigenous origins were classified as Indigenous, regardless of other reported origins.