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. 2024 Mar 19;24:79. doi: 10.1186/s12911-024-02478-3

Table 2.

Demographic summary of sample

Variables All N (%) Younger Adults N (%) Older Adults N (%)
Gender*
 Female 94 (71.8) 34 (61.8) 60 (80.0)
 Male 37 (28.2) 22 (38.2) 15 (20.0)
Age (Mean [SD], Range) 54.9 [20.8], 20–85 33.7 [12.8], 20–63 71.2 [4.5], 65–85
 18–24 20 (15.27)
 25–34 14 (10.69)
 35–44 10 (7.63)
 45–54 8 (6.11)
 55–64 5 (3.82)
 65–74 56 (42.75)
 75–84 17 (12.98)
 85–94 1 (0.76)
Education*
 Low 6 (4.8) 0 (0.0) 6 (9.0)
 Middle 19 (15.3) 6 (10.5) 13 (19.4)
 High 99 (79.8) 51 (89.5) 48 (71.6)
Locality
 Metropolitan 109 (83.8) 51 (91.1) 58 (78.4)
 Regional/Remote 21 (16.2) 5 (8.9) 16 (21.6)
SES Quintiles
 1 (lowest) 12 (9.2) 6 (10.7) 6 (8.1)
 2 16 (12.3) 5 (8.9) 11 (14.9)
 3 20 (15.4) 4 (7.1) 16 (21.6)
 4 22 (16.9) 14 (25) 8 (10.8)
 5 (highest) 60 (46.2) 27 (48.2) 33 (44.6)
Country of birth***
 English Speaking 97 (75.8) 28 (49.1) 69 (97.2)
 Non-English Speaking 31 (23.2) 29 (50.9) 2 (2.8)
Cognitive Score (mean, [SD], range) 27.1, [3.7], 20–39 26.7, [3.1], 20–36 27.4, [4.1], 20–39
 Impaired 5 (4.0) 2 (3.9) 3 (4.1)
 Not impaired 120 (96.0) 49 (96.1) 71 (95.9)

Denotes significant difference in proportion between younger adults and older adults

*p < .05

**p < .01

***p < .001