Table 1.
Respondent demographics.
| Demographics | Canada (N=1106), n (%) |
United States (N=1309), n (%) |
P value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 540 (49) | 579 (44) | .05 | |
| Female | 566 (51) | 730 (56) | ||
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 18-34 | 315 (28) | 381 (29) | .94 | |
| 35-54 | 416 (38) | 484 (37) | ||
| 55+ | 375 (34) | 443 (34) | ||
| Primary language | ||||
| English | 838 (76) | 1153 (88) | - | |
| Spanisha | -c | 156 (12) | ||
| French | 268 (24) | - | ||
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 71 (6) | 49 (4) | <.001 | |
| High school diploma | 210 (19) | 277 (21) | ||
| Post-secondary | 466 (42) | 475 (36) | ||
| University degree | 359 (32) | 509 (39) | ||
| Household income | ||||
| < $50,000 | 304 (27) | 438 (33) | <.001 | |
| $50,000-99,000 | 335 (30) | 602 (46) | ||
| $100,000-149,000 | 252 (23) | 179 (14) | ||
| $150,000 + | 72 (7) | 90 (7) | ||
| Marital statusb | ||||
| Single | - | 314 (24) | - | |
| Married or cohabitating | - | 799 (61) | ||
| Widowed | - | 61 (5) | ||
| Divorced or separated | - | 135 (10) | ||
| Children | ||||
| Yes | 315 (28) | 347 (26) | .34 | |
| No | 791 (72) | 962 (74) | ||
| Completed CPR training | ||||
| Ever | 769 (70) | 828 (63) | .003 | |
| Within the last year | 128 (12) | 154 (12) | <.001 | |
| In the past 5 years | 286 (26) | 233 (18) | ||
| > 5 years ago | 356 (32) | 441 (34) | ||
aData on the proportion of Spanish-speaking Canadians were not available for Canadian respondents.
bData on marital status were not available for Canadian respondents.
cHyphens indicate that the data were not collected.