Table 2.
Characteristics of the respondents who were recruited from a clinic waiting room (n=53) or by email invitation from the clinic (n=377)
| Clinic waiting room (n=53) (A) |
Email invitation (n=377) (B) |
Population of City of Hamilton (2016)29 | |
| Age category (%)* | |||
| 34 and younger | 34.0 | 17.5 | 58.4 |
| 35–49 | 28.3 | 25.2 | 18.9 |
| 50– 60 | 22.6 | 35.0 | 27.1 |
| 65and older | 9.4 | 21.5 | 17.3 |
| Missing | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Female (%) | 64.2 | 70.0 | 51.1 |
| Ethnicity—identified as White* (%) | 73.6 | 89.4 | Not available |
| Number of people living in household (%) | 98.3 | ||
| One | 30.2 | 18.0 | 28.2 |
| Two | 26.4 | 39.8 | 32.2 |
| Three | 17.0 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| Four | 13.2 | 18.8 | 14.6 |
| Five or more | 13.2 | 8.0 | 9.1 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Been a patient of clinic* (%) | |||
| 2 years or longer | 67.9 | 89.7 | Not applicable |
| Less than 2 years | 32.1 | 9.8 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Perception of health scale rating (mean, SD) | |||
| 0=very poor, 10=excellent | 8.3 (2.2) | 8.1 (2.0) | Not applicable |
*P<0.05 for difference between groups.