Table 1.
Sociodemographic and injury characteristics of participants.
| Age at the time of survey (years) | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Time since injury (years) | |
|
56.1 (14.9) 13.2 (13.6) |
|
| n (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 66 (62.9) |
| Female | 39 (37.1) |
| Relationship status | |
| Single | 50 (47.6) |
| Partnership | 54 (47.6) |
| Missing | 1 (1.0) |
| Household income | |
| Below-average household income | 64 (61.0) |
| Above-average household income | 29 (27.6) |
| Missing | 12 (11.4) |
| Highest educational level | |
| Primary to Secondary | 25 (23.8) |
| Post-secondary or Tertiary | 30 (28.6) |
| Bachelor or Masters | 44 (41.9) |
| PhD | 6 (5.7) |
| Injury level | |
| Paraplegia | 51 (58.1) |
| Tetraplegia | 44 (41.9) |
| Completeness | |
| Complete | 20 (28.6) |
| Incomplete | 73 (69.5) |
| Missing | 12 (11.4) |
| Cause of injury | |
| Traumatic | 81 (77.1) |
| Non-traumatic | 22 (21.0) |
| Missing | 12 (11.4) |
| Employed | |
| No | 37 (35.2) |
| Yes | 43 (41.0) |
| Missing | 25 (23.8) |
| Ambulation less than 100 m | |
| Manual wheelchair | 35 (33.3) |
| Electric wheelchair/scooter | 13 (12.4) |
| Walking device(s) | 15 (14.3) |
| No assistive device(s) | 8 (7.6) |
| Missing | 34 (32.4) |
| Ambulation of more than 100 m | |
| Manual wheelchair | 33 (31.4) |
| Electric wheelchair/scooter | 27 (25.7) |
| Walking device(s) | 7 (6.7) |
| No assistive device(s) | 4 (3.8) |
| Missing | 34 (32.4) |