Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants for the total sample (n = 3273), and separately for participants who reported COVID-related discrimination and for those who did not report it.
| Characteristics | n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total Sample (n = 3273) | COVID-related discrimination (n = 541) | No COVID-related discrimination (n = 2732) | |
| Age | |||
| 18–39 years | 1611 (49.22) | 372 (68.76) | 1239 (45.35) |
| 40 – 59 years | 994 (30.37) | 103 (19.04) | 891 (32.61) |
| ≥ 60 years | 668 (20.41) | 66 (12.00) | 602 (22.04) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1418 (43.32) | 237 (43.81) | 1181 (43.23) |
| Female | 1855 (56.68) | 304 (56.19) | 1551 (56.77) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 1606 (49.07) | 154 (28.47) | 1452 (53.15) |
| East Asian | 249 (7.61) | 77 (14.23) | 172 (6.30) |
| South Asian | 96 (2.93) | 28 (5.18) | 68 (2.49) |
| Black | 692 (21.14) | 158 (29.21) | 534 (19.55) |
| South East Asian | 119 (3.64) | 29 (5.36) | 90 (3.29) |
| Arab | 450 (13.75) | 81 (14.97) | 369 (13.51) |
| Other | 61 (1.86) | 14 (2.59) | 47 (1.72) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Generation | |||
| 1st | 1167 (36.23) | 229 (43.21) | 938 (34.86) |
| 2nd | 668 (20.74) | 150 (28.30) | 518 (19.25) |
| 3rd or more | 1386 (43.03) | 151 (28.49) | 1235 (45.89) |
| Missing | 52 | 11 | 41 |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 476 (14.74) | 90 (16.82) | 386 (14.33) |
| Technical degree/some college or university | 1218 (37.72) | 208 (38.88) | 1010 (37.49) |
| University degree or above | 1535 (47.54) | 237 (44.30) | 1298 (48.18) |
| Missing | 44 | 6 | 38 |
| Employment status/Occupation | |||
| Unemployed [not because of COVID-19] | 903 (28.05) | 117 (21.99) | 786 (29.25) |
| Essential worker [not healthcare] | 685 (21.28) | 106 (19.92) | 579 (21.55) |
| Non-essential worker | 886 (27.52) | 113 (21.24) | 773 (28.77) |
| Essential health-care worker | 361 (11.21) | 116 (21.80) | 245 (9.12) |
| Lost job because of COVID-19 | 384 (11.93) | 80 (15.04) | 304 (11.31) |
| Missing | 54 | 9 | 45 |
| Geographical location | |||
| Outside Greater Montreal Area | 1004 (31.57) | 133 (25.78) | 871 (32.70) |
| Greater Montreal Area | 2176 (68.43) | 383 (74.22) | 1793 (67.30) |
| Missing | 93 | 25 | 68 |
| Exposure to COVID-19 | |||
| No | 2311 (71.53) | 284 (53.89) | 2027 (74.96) |
| Yes | 920 (28.47) | 243 (46.11) | 677 (25.04) |
| Missing | 42 | 14 | 28 |