Table 1.

Participant characteristics as percentages of the sample.

Characteristic	Total (N = 151)	Victims (n = 51)	Non-victims (n = 100)
Gender
Female	79.5 (n = 120)	78.4 (n = 40)	80.0 (n = 80)
Male	20.5 (n = 31)	21.6 (n = 11)	20.0 (n = 20)
Education
High school or less	22.5	21.6	23.0
Bachelor or equivalent	32.5	33.3	32.0
Post-graduate education	13.9	15.7	13.0
Missing responses	31.1	29.4	32.0
Years in Canada
Under 50 years	34.7	42.0	30.9
50 years and more	62.7	56.0	66.1
Missing responses	2.6	2.0	3.0
First Language
English	63.6	62.7	64.0
Other	21.9	21.6	22.0
Missing responses	14.6	15.7	14.0
Ethnicity
Aboriginal	0.7	2.0	-
Black	4.6	5.9	4.0
East Asian	6.0	11.8	3.0
Latin American	2.0	3.9	1.0
South Asian	4.6	2.0	6.0
South East Asian	4.6	3.9	5.0
Caucasian	73.5	66.7	77.0
Other (mixed)	3.3	2.0	4.0
Missing responses	0.7	2.0	-
Living arrangement
Alone	51.0	49.0	52.0
With family	23.2	25.5	22.0
With significant other	21.9	23.5	21.0
In a retirement residence	3.3	2.0	4.0
Other	0.7	-	1.0
Living environment
Small town	4.0	3.9	4.0
Mid-large town	2.6	-	4.0
Small city	15.9	13.7	17.0
Mid-large city	72.8	80.4	69.0
Missing responses	4.6	2.0	6.0

Forty-seven missing responses from education variable due to procedural error.