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Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 12)

From: I’ve got to be independent’: views of older people on recovery following road traffic injury in New South Wales, Australia

  

N

Sex

Male

5

Female

7

Age (at injury)

65–69 years

4

70–74 years

5

75–79 years

1

80–84 years

1

85+ years

1

Marital status

Married / de facto

7

Divorced / widowed / separated

4

Never married

1

Education

Secondary

5

Technical / Other

1

Tertiary / University

6

Claimed compensation

Yes

5

No

7

Living alone

Yes

4

No

7

Unknown

1

Role in crash

Driver

6

Passenger

2

Pedestrian

1

Cyclist

1

Motorcyclist

2

Hospitalisation

Yes (> 12 h)

7

Emergency Department only

3

No / not known

2