Table 1.
Demographics
| Demographics | Number of individuals (n = 55) |
|---|---|
| Gendera | |
| Male | 17 (EN 18.0%, CN 13%) |
| Female | 37 (EN 33%, CN 35%) |
| Unanswered | 1 (2%) |
| Age | |
| 18–34 years | 16 (EN 20%, CN 9%) |
| 35–54 years | 18 (EN 15%, CN 18%) |
| 55 + years | 19 (EN 15%, CN 20%) |
| Unanswered | 2 (4%) |
| Ethnicity (multiple selections possible) | |
| East Asian | 30 (EN 7%, CN 47%) |
| White/Caucasian-North American | 10 (EN 18%) |
| White/Caucasian-European | 9 (EN 16%) |
| Other (Black-Caribbean, Latinx, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern) | 6 (EN 11%) |
| Unanswered | 2 (4%) |
| Completed education | |
| Graduated high school or equivalent | 8 (EN 5%, CN 9%) |
| Postsecondary degree | 26 (EN 24%, CN 24%) |
| Postgraduate or professional degree | 19 (EN 20%, CN 15%) |
| Blank | 2 (4%) |
| Province/territory | |
| Western Canada (BC, AB, SK, or MB) | 7 (EN 13%) |
| Eastern Canada (ON, QB, NS, NB, PEI, NL) | 47 (EN 32%, CN 55%) |
| Region | |
| Large urban population center, with a population of 100,000 or more | 40 (EN 31%, CN 42%) |
| Medium population center, with a population between 30,000 and 99,999 | 8 (EN 9%, CN 5%) |
| Small population center or rural area, with a population up to 29,999 | 7 (EN 13%) |
| Employment status | |
| Full time | 20 (EN 20%, CN 16%) |
| Part time | 6 (EN 4%, CN 7%) |
| Self-employed or student | 5 (EN 5%, CN 4%) |
| Not employed | 9 (EN 5%, CN 11%) |
| Retired | 13 (EN 15%, CN 9%) |
| No response | 2 (4%) |
| Kappa value | |
| English interviews | 91.03 |
| Chinese interviews | 90.91 |
aParticipants in our sample identified as “female gender” or “male gender.” None of our study participants identified as nonbinary. EN and CN denote the proportion of the sample who completed their interviews in English or Mandarin and Cantonese, respectively