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. 2023 Dec 2;1:26. doi: 10.1186/s44263-023-00020-7

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