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Table 1 Demographical information of participants

From: Canadian survey on pandemic flu preparations

Demographic Variable

Mean (SD)

Total Sample Frequency (%)

Form A Frequency

Form B Frequency

Refused

Age - Years

51(17)

 

52(17)

49(16)

 

Sex

 

501

259

242

 

   Male

 

176(35%)

90(34%)

86(35%)

 

   Female

 

325(65%)

169(66%)

156(65%)

 

Marital Status

 

493

256

237

8

   Single

 

107(22%)

54(22%)

53(22%)

 

   Married

 

311(63%)

160(63%)

151(63%)

 

   Widowed

 

30(6%)

19(7%)

11(6%)

 

   Separated

 

14(3%)

7(2%)

7(3%)

 

   Divorced

 

31(6%)

15(6%)

15(6%)

 

Parity

 

494

257

237

7

   Children

 

376(76%)

198(76%)

178(76%)

 

   No Children

 

118(24%)

59(24%)

59(24%)

 

Education

 

492

254

238

9

   < High School

 

39(8%)

20(8%)

19(8%)

 

   High School

 

126(26%)

72(28%)

54(23%)

 

   Some College

 

49(10%)

26(10%)

23(10%)

 

   College

 

97(20%)

42(17%)

55(23%)

 

   University

 

135(27%)

70(28%)

65(27%)

 

   Masters

 

36(7%)

19(7%)

17(7%)

 

   Phd

 

10(2%)

5(2%)

5(2%)

 

Employment

 

495

257

238

6

   Full time

 

261(53%)

141(55%)

120(53%)

 

   Part time

 

53(11%)

23(9%)

30(11%)

 

   Not employed

 

181(37%)

93(36%)

88(37%)

 

Ethnicity

 

496

257

239

5

   Caucasian

 

407(82%)

205(80%)

202(85%)

 

   Asian

 

21(4%)

12(5%)

9(4%)

 

   Hispanic

 

8(2%)

5(2%)

3(1%)

 

   Canadian African

 

19(4%)

12(5%)

7(3%)

 

   Canadian

 

2(>1%)

2(1%)

0(0%)

 

   Caribbean

 

11(2%)

7(3%)

4(6%)

 

   Aboriginal Other

 

28(6%)

14(5%)

14(6%)

 

Residential

 

497

259

238

4

   Urban

 

303(61%)

158(61%)

145(61%)

 

   Rural

 

194(39%)

101(39%)

93(39%)

 

Province

 

501

261

240

 

   British Columbia

 

65(13%)

33(13%)

32(13%)

 

   Alberta

 

52(10%)

26(10%)

26(11%)

 

   Saskatchewan

 

14(3%)

5(2%)

9(4%)

 

   Manitoba

 

19(4%)

10(4%)

9(4%)

 

   Ontario

 

197(40%)

104(40%)

93(39%)

 

   Quebec

 

117(23%)

63(24%)

54(23%)

 

   Newfoundland

 

8(1%)

5(2%)

3(1%)

 

   New Brunswick

 

13(3%)

5(2%)

8(3%)

 

   Nova Scotia

 

14(3%)

8(3%)

6(2%)

 

   Prince Edward Island

 

2(<1%)

2(<1%)

0(0%)

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