Table 1:
Characteristics of survey participants
| Characteristic | Unweighted no. of participants n = 634 |
Unadjusted estimate, % | RDS-II adjusted estimate,* % (95% CI)† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racial and ethnic background | |||
| Black | 425 | 67.0 | 76.5 (68.2–84.9) |
| East Asian | 32 | 5.0 | 3.7 (1.4–5.9) |
| South Asian | 19 | 3.0 | 1.9 (0.1–3.0) |
| Southeast Asian | 70 | 11.0 | 10.5 (5.6–15.4) |
| White | 16 | 2.5 | 3.7 (0.0–9.0) |
| Mixed or other racial categories | 26 | 4.1 | 3.7 (0.0–9.3) |
| Missing | 46 | 7.3 | |
| Gender identity | |||
| Female | 528 | 83.3 | 90.1 (85.1–95.1) |
| Male | 57 | 9.0 | 9.6 (4.6–14.5) |
| Other | 3 | 0.5 | 0.3 (0.0–0.8) |
| Missing | 46 | 7.3 | |
| Born in Canada | |||
| No | 576 | 90.9 | 97.4 (94.9–99.9) |
| Yes | 11 | 1.7 | 2.6 (0.1–5.1) |
| Missing | 47 | 7.4 | |
| Age category, yr | |||
| 18–29 | 52 | 8.2 | 10.4 (4.7–16.1) |
| 30–39 | 174 | 27.4 | 32.1 (23.8–40.3) |
| 40–49 | 247 | 39.0 | 38.3 (30.6–46.1) |
| ≥ 50 | 115 | 18.1 | 19.2 (10.6–27.7) |
| Missing | 46 | 7.3 | |
| Educational attainment | |||
| Some grade school | 7 | 1.1 | 1.6 (0.0–7.2) |
| Some high school | 6 | 0.9 | 1.0 (0.0–2.7) |
| High school degree | 45 | 7.1 | 8.7 (4.4–13.1) |
| Some college or university | 241 | 38.0 | 41.2 (32.3–50.0) |
| College degree, university degree or postgraduate degree | 288 | 45.4 | 47.4 (39.0–55.9) |
| Missing | 47 | 7.4 | |
| Current student status | |||
| Not a student | 512 | 80.8 | 78.9 (72.4–85.5) |
| Student | 113 | 17.8 | 21.1 (14.5–27.6) |
| Missing | 9 | 1.4 | |
| Income level | |||
| Income below LICO | 328 | 51.7 | 55.1 (46.3–63.9) |
| Income above LICO | 259 | 40.9 | 44.9 (36.1–53.7) |
| Missing | 47 | 7.4 | |
| Housing status | |||
| Living in a temporary shelter run by an agency | 3 | 0.5 | 0.4 (0.0–1.3) |
| Living in an institution (e.g., group home, long-term care, correctional facility) | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) |
| Living in own home | 70 | 11.0 | 10.7 (4.8–16.5) |
| Renting a home | 487 | 76.8 | 82.1 (73.8–90.4) |
| Staying with friends or family | 27 | 4.3 | 6.7 (0.0–13.5) |
| Missing | 46 | 7.3 | |
| Main setting worked as PSW in the previous year | |||
| Home care in the community | 258 | 40.7 | 43.9 (35.2–52.5) |
| Long-term care | 211 | 33.3 | 34.5 (27.0–42.0) |
| Other (e.g., hospitals, shelters, group homes, rehabilitation centres) | 126 | 19.9 | 21.6 (12.2–31.1) |
| Missing | 39 | 6.2 | |
| Current employment status | |||
| Employed | 569 | 89.8 | 89.0 (82.7–95.3) |
| Unemployed | 57 | 9.0 | 11.0 (4.7–17.3) |
| Missing | 8 | 1.3 | |
| Currently working as PSW | |||
| Not working as PSW | 25 | 3.9 | 5.3 (0.0–10.9) |
| Working as PSW | 599 | 94.5 | 94.7 (89.1–100.0) |
| Missing | 10 | 1.6 | |
Note: CI = confidence interval, LICO = low-income cut-off, PSW = personal support worker, RDS = respondent-driven sampling.
*
Missing data were not included in the distribution of percent estimates.
†
Negative CI values were truncated at 0.