Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants randomly assigned to the ‘mask’ and ‘no-mask’ groups
| Mask | No-Mask | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 47 | 47 | 41 | 51 |
| Female | 52 | 53 | 40 | 49 |
| Trans or non-binary gender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| School system | ||||
| Public | 59 | 60 | 53 | 63 |
| Private | 40 | 40 | 31 | 37 |
| Educational setting | ||||
| ‘Regular’ English | 74 | 75 | 64 | 76 |
| ‘Regular’ French | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Regular with support | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Full-time or part-time special education | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Full-time gifted | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Attended homeschool or full-time online school | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attended a residential placement and did not live at home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| None of these | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Asian | 17 | 18 | 11 | 13 |
| Black | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Indian-Caribbean | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Indigenous/Aboriginal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latin/Central/South American | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Middle Eastern | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| White | 53 | 55 | 42 | 52 |
| Mixed heritage | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Other(s) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Do not know | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Income | ||||
| Equal or less than $49,000 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| $50,000–99,999 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| $100,000–199,999 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 26 |
| Equal to or more than $200,000 | 52 | 54 | 37 | 46 |
| Choose not to answer | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
School system and educational setting were both reported for the previous academic year