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. 2018 Jul 17;6(3):E276–E284. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170160

Table 1:

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 3156) in total sample and by patient–clinician concordance group

Characteristic No. (%)*
Total
n = 3156
Ethnocultural concordance
n = 1915
Language concordance
n = 2912
Ethnocultural and language concordance§
n = 1824
Ethnocultural group
 European descent 2358 (74.7) 1423 (63.6) 2334 (99.0) 1410 (63.0)
 Chinese 329 (10.4) 202 (64.5) 229 (70.2) 170 (54.8)
 South Asian 352 (11.2) 234 (66.9) 232 (66.7) 188 (54.3)
 Indigenous 117 (3.7) 56 (47.9) 117 (100.0) 56 (47.9)
Province
 British Columbia 1169 (37.0) 756 (68.2) 1007 (86.6) 688 (62.4)
 Manitoba 992 (31.4) 421 (45.0) 992 (100.0) 421 (45.0)
 Quebec 995 (31.5) 738 (75.8) 913 (91.9) 715 (73.6)
Female sex 1803 (57.1) 1084 (63.1) 1661 (92.3) 1033 (60.3)
Age, yr, mean ± SD 54.2 ± 14.8 55.3 ± 14.7 54.6 ± 14.8 55.6 ± 14.6
Level of education 334 (10.6)
 Less than high school 670 (21.3) 233 (71.5) 303 (91.0) 224 (68.9)
 Completed high school 986 (31.4) 440 (68.8) 629 (94.3) 423 (66.4)
 Some university or completed college 719 (22.9) 539 (57.3) 937 (95.1) 515 (54.8)
 Completed undergraduate degree 430 (13.7) 446 (64.4) 632 (88.3) 415 (60.1)
 Completed graduate degree 252 (62.1) 395 (91.9) 242 (59.6)
Yearly household income**
 < Can$10 000 126 (4.6) 85 (69.7) 112 (88.9) 78 (63.9)
 Can$10 001–30 000 615 (22.4) 391 (66.2) 572 (93.8) 375 (64.0)
 Can$30 001–50 000 637 (23.2) 398 (65.0) 581 (91.4) 376 (61.5)
 Can$50 001–80 000 588 (21.5) 374 (66.1) 555 (94.4) 361 (63.8)
 Can$80 001–100 000 285 (10.4) 153 (56.5) 261 (91.6) 146 (53.9)
 > Can$100 000 489 (17.8) 294 (62.3) 465 (95.1) 282 (59.7)
Born in Canada 2256 (71.6) 1368 (63.7) 2227 (98.8) 1353 (63.0)
Self-rated health status
 Excellent or very good 1568 (49.7) 930 (62.3) 1479 (94.6) 894 (60.1)
 Good 962 (30.5) 593 (64.0) 875 (91.0) 564 (60.9)
 Fair or poor 622 (19.8) 389 (65.2) 555 (89.8) 363 (61.2)

Note: Percentages in the Total column sum to 100% for each characteristic, whereas the remaining 3 columns show percentages of existing patient–physician concordance in parentheses. SD = standard deviation.

*

Unless otherwise indicated

4.3% missing.

< 1% missing.

§

4.6% missing.

8.0% missing.

**

13.2% missing.