Table 1.

Sociodemographic Variations in Participation with the TRC

	Provided Information %	Attended (% a lot/some /a little)	Media Exposure (%a lot/some)	Experience to share with %
Total	0.7	12.6	39.7	1.7
Sex
Female	0.4	9.8	35.2	0.9
Male	1.0*	15.7***	44.9***	2.6***
Marital Status
Married	0.8	12.4	40.5	1.6
Unmarried	0.6	12.7	38.9	1.8
Age
18–34	0.8	12.8	39.9	1.9
35–49	0.7	12.1	39.4	1.4
50–64	0.8	13.2	43.0	1.8
65+	0.0	11.1	30.6*	1.5
Education
None	0.3	10.4	30.0	1.3
Grade 1–7	0.3	10.9	29.2	1.1
Grade 8–11	0.6	14.0	38.7	2.3
Grade 12	1.0	12.6	46.2	1.5
Grade 13+	1.2	12.2	49.0***	1.7
Employment
Employed	1.2	13.5	45.2	2.3
Unemployed	0.5*	12.1	37.2***	1.5
Race
White	0.1	6.7	33.1	0.1
Black	0.8	13.9	40.3	2.0
Coloured	0.4	8.3	40.7	1.6
Indian	1.0	11.2***	43.7*	0.5*
Income
None	0.3	19.5	41.9	2.3
R 1–2,999	0.5	12.9	37.8	3.0
R 3,000–5,999	0.9	13.0	45.0	1.0
R 6,000–11,999	0.3	14.2	45.9	2.3
R 12,000+	0.9	10.2***	38.2**	1.0**
Area
Rural	0.7	12.6	35.1	1.2
Urban	0.7	12.6	42.7***	2.0*

Chi-square was used to test for significance against the reference group (first row in each section)

^*p<=.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001