Table 2.
Pre-SCI characteristics of longitudinal study participants (n=118)
| Pre-injury characteristics | n (%) |
| Socio-demographic | |
| Educational qualifications | |
| None | 34 (30) |
| School | 22 (19) |
| Post-secondary school | 58 (51) |
| Missing | 4 |
| Paid employment | |
| ≥30 h per week | 91 (77) |
| <30 h per week | 6 (5) |
| Not in paid employment | 21 (18) |
| Income (NZD$1000s) | |
| ≤30 | 19 (24) |
| >30≤50 | 24 (30) |
| >50≤80 | 17 (21) |
| >80 | 20 (25) |
| Missing | 38 |
| Standard of living | |
| High | 30 (26) |
| Fairly high | 30 (26) |
| Medium | 45 (40) |
| Fairly low | 7 (6) |
| Low | 2 (2) |
| Missing | 4 |
| General health, disability and behaviour | |
| General health | |
| Excellent | 47 (40) |
| Very good | 42 (36) |
| Good | 20 (17) |
| Fair | 8 (7) |
| Poor | 1 (1) |
| EQ-5D health status (any problems) | |
| Mobility | 12 (10) |
| Self-care | 3 (3) |
| Usual activities | 8 (7) |
| Pain or discomfort | 22 (19) |
| Anxiety or depression | 14 (12) |
| (Cognition) | 11 (9) |
| Depressive episode in past year | |
| Yes | 24 (20) |
| No | 94 (80) |
| Prior disability | |
| Yes | 16 (14) |
| No | 102 (86) |
| Cigarette smoking | |
| Current | 32 (27) |
| Past | 32 (27) |
| No | 53 (45) |
| Missing | 1 (1) |
| Alcohol use (AUDIT-C)* | |
| Low use | 49 (42) |
| Moderate use | 41 (35) |
| High use | 28 (24) |
| Illicit substance use | |
| Yes | 31 (26) |
| No | 87 (74) |
*
Low use = scores 0–4 (men) and 0–3 (women); moderate use = scores 5–7 (men) and 4–6 (women); high use = 8–12 (men) and 7–12 (women).