Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of study sample.

First language	English (n=52)	Chinese (n=50)	Spanish/Port. (n=50)	Italian (n=50)	P-value (overall)
Median age (years)	55	52	55	64	0.0001
Interquartile range	46–64	44–59	47–68	56–72
Education
School only (%)	8	38	51	54	<0.0001
Further education (%)	43	34	34	44
University educated (%)	49	28	15	2
Employment (%)	38	28	32	10	0.01
Annual income
(median, CAD$ × 1000)	30–40	20–30	20–30	20–30	0.001
Living with a partner (%)	67	84	75	72	0.27
Performance status
0 (%)	43	31	26	32	0.06
1 (%)	47	38	39	32
2/3 (%)	10	31	35	36
Type of cancer
Breast (%)	32	42	25	13
Gynaecological (%)	12	7	8	9
Head and neck (%)	2	31	2	0
Gastrointestinal (%)	4	4	13	27
Genitourinary (%)	18	0	17	9
Haematologic (%)	18	4	13	20
Lung (%)	2	7	2	7
Other (%)	10	4	21	16
Disease status
Local (%)	23	30	25	27	0.57
Locoregional (%)	21	31	22	15
Metastatic (%)	56	39	53	58