Table 1.

Frequencies for sociodemographic variables and mean social support scores among RCMP Cadets.

Sociodemographic variables	% (n)	SPS-10 scores	Effect size
		M (SD)
Gender
Man	72.2 (552)	35.90 (4.45)	d1 = 0.049
Woman	24.5 (188)	36.13 (5.62)
Non-binary	^	^
Transgender	^	^
Two-spirited	^	^
Sex
Male	72.0 (551)	35.90 (4.45)	d1 = 0.042
Female	25.1 (192)	36.10 (5.60)
Age (years)
19–29	60.0 (459)	36.17 (4.53)	${\eta }_p^2$2= 0.009
30–39	28.0 (214)	35.30 (5.40)
40–49	6.1 (47)	36.70 (3.88)
50–59	0.7 (5)	34.20 (3.96)
Other/No response	5.2 (40)	–
Ethnicity
Asian	6.4 (45)	34.71 (5.74)	${\eta }_p^2$2= 0.008
Black	3.4 (24)	35.67 (4.71)
First Nations/Inuit/Metis	3.3 (23)	35.96 (4.13)
Hispanic	1.6 (11)	37.27 (3.52)
South Asian	6.4 (45)	35.64 (5.83)
White/Caucasian	79.0 (558)	36.16 (4.45)
Marital Status
Single	47.1 (360)	35.72 (4.81)	${\eta }_p^2$2= 0.002
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	1.4 (11)	34.91 (4.21)
Married/Common-Law	43.0 (329)	36.05 (4.89)
Other/No response	8.5 (65)	–
Province of residence
Western Canada (BC, AB, SK, MB)	52.9 (405)	35.77 (5.06)	${\eta }_p^2$2= 0.003
Eastern Canada (ON, QC)	34.5 (264)	36.21 (4.49)
Atlantic Canada (PEI, NS, NB, NFL)	11.2 (86)	36.50 (3.92)
Northern Territories (YK, NWT, NVT)	1.1 (8)	36.25 (4.37)
Other/No response	^	–
Education
High school graduate or less	10.2 (78)	35.37 (4.98)	${\eta }_p^2$2= 0.004
Some post-secondary school	43.1 (330)	35.81 (4.83)
University degree/4-year college or higher	39.7 (304)	36.25 (4.72)
Other/No response	7.0 (53)	–
Total sample	100 (765)	36.01 (4.74)	–

*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001. There are no significant differences across demographic groups in social support scores. ^The sample size is between 1 and 4, so the exact data cannot be presented.

^1.Cohen’s d.

^2.Partial eta squared.

- No data reported.