Table 2.
Characteristics of participants by focus group
| Sudbury 1 | Sudbury 2 | Sudbury 3 | Mississauga 4 | Mississauga 5 | Mississauga 6 | |
| Number of participants | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Median age in years (range) | 48 (35–62) | 33 (27–35) | 48.5 (39–65) | 55 (35–59) | 30 (25–33) | 44 (36–63) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 4 (50%) | 3 (50%) | 3 (50%) | 4 (57%) | 3 (43%) | 4 (57%) |
| Female | 4 (50%) | 3 (50%) | 3 (50%) | 3 (43%) | 4 (57%) | 3 (43%) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| French | 2 (25%) | 1 (16.7%) | 3 (50%) | – | – | – |
| Caucasian | 1 (12.5%) | – | – | 1 (14.2%) | 1 (14.2%) | 2 (28.5%) |
| Caribbean | – | – | – | 1 (14.2%) | 2 (28.5%) | 2 (28.5%) |
| East and Southeast Asian | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (16.7%) | – | – | 1 (14.2%) | 2 (28.5%) |
| Southern European | – | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (16.7%) | – | 1 (14.2%) | 1 (14.2%) |
| North American Indigenous | 2 (25%) | 1 (16.7%) | – | – | – | – |
| Black/African | – | 1 (16.7%) | – | 2 (28.5%) | – | – |
| South Asian | – | – | – | 2 (28.5%) | 1 (14.2%) | – |
| Mixed | – | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (16.7%) | – | 1 (14.2%) | – |
| Northern European | 1 (12.5%) | – | 1 (16.7%) | – | – | – |
| Eastern European | 1 (12.5%) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other North American | – | – | – | 1 (14.2%) | – | – |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/common-law | 6 (75%) | 5 (83.3%) | 6 (100%) | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (28.6%) | 5 (71.4%) |
| Single | 2 (25%) | – | – | 1 (14.3%) | 5 (71.4%) | – |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | – | 1 (16.7%) | – | 1 (14.3%) | – | 2 (28.6%) |
| Income | ||||||
| ≤29 999 | 1 (12.5%) | – | – | 1 (14.3%) | – | – |
| 30 000–79 999 | 7 (87.5%) | 2 (33.3%) | – | 6 (85.7%) | 5 (71.4%) | – |
| ≥80 000 | – | 4 (66.7%) | 6 (100%) | – | 2 (28.6%) | 7 (100%) |
| Education | ||||||
| High school | 3 (37.5%) | 1 (16.7%) | 2 (33.3%) | 2 (28.6%) | – | – |
| College | 5 (62.5%) | 3 (50%) | 2 (33.3%) | 2 (28.6%) | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) |
| University | – | 2 (33.3%) | 2 (33.3%) | 3 (42.9%) | 2 (28.6%) | 4 (57.1%) |
| Post graduate | – | – | – | 1 (14.3%) | – |