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. 2021 Feb 11;16(2):e0246525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246525

Table 1. City of recruitment and demographic factors among cisgender, trans, and non-binary participants.

Overall Cisgender Trans Non-Binary
City of Recruitment n % n % n % OR n % OR
Calgary 265 7.5% 236 7.7% 26 8.8% Ref 10 6.7% Ref
Edmonton 297 8.4% 263 8.5% 19 6.4% 0.66 (0.35–1.21) 15 10.0% 1.35 (0.60–3.15)
Halifax 199 5.6% 164 5.3% 27 9.1% 1.45 (0.84–2.66) 8 5.3% 1.15 (0.43–2.98)
Kamloops and Kelowna 121 3.4% 101 3.3% 18 6.1% 1.62 (0.84–3.07) 10 6.7% 2.34 (0.93–5.86)
London 154 4.4% 115 3.7% 30 10.1% 2.37 (1.34–4.21) 11 7.3% 2.26 (0.93–5.57)
Montreal 418 11.9% 351 11.4% 26 8.8% 0.67 (0.38–1.19) 21 14.0% 1.41 (0.67–3.18)
Ottawa 411 11.7% 371 12.0% 24 8.1% 0.59 (0.33–1.05) 11 7.3% 0.70 (0.29–1.70)
Toronto 806 22.9% 716 23.2% 58 19.6% 0.74 (0.46–1.21) 33 22.0% 1.09 (0.55–2.36)
Vancouver 672 19.1% 606 19.7% 52 17.6% 0.78 (0.48–1.29) 23 15.3% 0.90 (0.43–2.00)
Winnipeg 181 5.1% 160 5.2% 16 5.4% 0.91 (0.46–1.73) 8 5.3% 1.18 (0.44–3.06)
Age Group
<25 706 20.0% 555 18.0% 125 42.2% Ref 61 40.7% Ref
25–29 720 20.4% 644 20.9% 53 17.9% 0.37 (0.26–0.51) 38 25.3% 0.54 (0.35–0.81)
30–39 973 27.6% 883 28.6% 59 19.9% 0.30 (0.21–0.41) 28 18.7% 0.29 (0.18–0.45)
40–49 421 11.9% 380 12.3% 26 8.8% 0.30 (0.19–0.47) 11 7.3% 0.26 (0.13–0.49)
50–59 437 12.4% 399 12.9% 21 7.1% 0.23 (0.14–0.67) 5 3.3% 0.11 (0.04–0.26)
60+ 230 6.5% 206 6.7% 9 3.0% 0.19 (0.09–0.37) 5 3.3% 0.22 (0.08–0.51)
Ethnoracial Identity (ref: no)
African, Caribbean, Black 145 4.1% 124 4.0% 14 4.7% 1.18 (0.64–2.02) 11 7.3% 1.89 (0.94–3.43)
Arab, West Asian (e.g. Iranian, Afghan) 116 3.3% 101 3.3% 8 2.7% 0.82 (0.36–1.60) 8 5.3% 1.66 (0.73–3.28)
East or Southeast Asian (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) 298 8.5% 274 8.9% 15 5.1% 0.55 (0.31–0.90) 10 6.7% 0.73 (0.36–1.34)
Indigenous 314 8.9% 250 8.1% 49 16.6% 2.25 (1.60–3.11) 24 16.0% 0.73 (0.36–1.34)
Latin American, Hispanic 180 5.1% 159 5.2% 13 4.4% 0.84 (0.45–1.45) 7 4.7% 2.16 (1.34–3.34)
South Asian (e.g. East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan) 113 3.2% 89 2.9% 14 4.7% 1.67 (0.90–2.88) 7 4.7% 0.90 (0.38–1.82)
White 2594 73.6% 2271 73.7% 227 76.7% 1.18 (0.89–1.57) 105 70.0% 0.83 (0.59–1.20)
Other 33 0.9% 27 0.9% 5 1.7% 1.94 (0.66–4.68) 4 2.7% 3.10 (0.91–8.06)
Born in Canada
No 883 25.1% 799 25.9% 52 17.6% Ref 30 20.0% Ref
Yes 2583 73.3% 2245 72.8% 239 80.7% 1.64 (1.21–2.25) 115 76.7% 1.36 (0.92–2.09)
Sexual Identity (ref: no)
Gay 2816 79.9% 2627 85.2% 108 36.5% 0.10 (0.07–0.12) 49 32.7% 0.08 (0.06–0.12)
Asexual 33 0.9% 19 0.6% 11 3.7% 6.22 (2.84–13.00) 7 4.7% 8.00 (3.08–18.55)
Straight 27 0.8% 20 0.6% 5 1.7% 2.63 (0.87–6.55) 1 0.7% 1.04 (0.06–5.05)
Bisexual 426 12.1% 320 10.4% 80 27.0% 3.20 (2.40–4.23) 26 17.3% 1.84 (1.16–2.81)
Pansexual 178 5.1% 87 2.8% 81 27.4% 13.00 (9.31–18.14) 48 32.0% 16.57 (11.01–24.79)
Queer 330 9.4% 204 6.6% 100 33.8% 7.22 (5.44–9.54) 74 49.3% 14.19 (9.97–20.23)
Heteroflexible 27 0.8% 17 0.6% 7 2.4% 4.37 (1.68–10.21) 2 1.3% 2.47 (0.39–8.72)
Other 21 0.6% 13 0.4% 7 2.4% 5.72 (2.13–14.08) 4 2.7% 6.47 (1.81–18.54)
Financial Strain
Comfortable, with extra 1364 38.7% 1264 41.0% 57 19.3% 0.14 (0.09–0.21) 31 20.7% 0.13 (0.07–0.21)
Enough, but no extra 1411 40.0% 1244 40.4% 118 39.9% 0.29 (0.20–0.42) 53 35.3% 0.22 (0.14–0.36)
Have to cut back 472 13.4% 390 12.7% 68 23.0% 0.54 (0.36–0.81) 32 21.3% 0.42 (0.25–0.72)
Cannot make ends meet 235 6.7% 160 5.2% 52 17.6% Ref 31 20.7% Ref