Demographic characteristics | All participants | Interview participants | ||||||||||||
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Have you ever been interested in donating blood in Canada? | Have you ever been interested in donating blood in Canada? | |||||||||||||
Yes | No/don’t remember/prefer not to answer | Total sample | p-value | Yes | No/don’t remember/prefer not to answer | Total sample | p-value | |||||||
[n = 309] | [n = 138] | [N = 447] | [n = 21] | [n = 10] | [n = 31] | |||||||||
Age | 0.038 | b | ||||||||||||
17–29 | 147 | (48%) | 57 | (41%) | 204 | (46%) | 11 | (52%) | a | a | 15 | (48%) | ||
30–49 | 99 | (32%) | 61 | (44%) | 160 | (36%) | 7 | (33%) | a | a | 10 | (32%) | ||
≥ 50 | 63 | (20%) | 20 | (14%) | 83 | (19%) | a | a | a | a | 6 | (19%) | ||
Sexual orientation | 0.631 | 0.429 | ||||||||||||
Gay | 247 | (80%) | 113 | (82%) | 360 | (81%) | 13 | (62%) | 8 | (80%) | 21 | (68%) | ||
Bisexual/other | 62 | (20%) | 25 | (18%) | 87 | (19%) | 8 | (38%) | a | a | 10 | (32%) | ||
Ethnicity | 0.273 | 0.458 | ||||||||||||
White | 196 | (63%) | 80 | (58%) | 276 | (62%) | 12 | (57%) | a | a | 16 | (52%) | ||
Non-White | 113 | (37%) | 58 | (42%) | 171 | (38%) | 9 | (43%) | 6 | (60%) | 15 | (48%) | ||
African/Caribbean/Black | 24 | (8%) | 10 | (7%) | 34 | (8%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
East Asian/South East Asian | 24 | (8%) | 26 | (19%) | 50 | (11%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
South Asian | 16 | (5%) | a | a | 21 | (5%) | a | a | a | a | ||||
Indigenous | 17 | (6%) | a | a | 22 | (5%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
Latino/Brazilian/South American | 20 | (6%) | 9 | (7%) | 29 | (6%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
Other | 12 | (4%) | a | a | 15 | (3%) | ||||||||
Marital status | 0.690 | 0.906 | ||||||||||||
Married/common-law partner | 54 | (17%) | 22 | (16%) | 76 | (17%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
Single/polyamorous/ divorced/separated/widowed | 255 | (83%) | 116 | (84%) | 371 | (83%) | 17 | (81%) | 9 | (90%) | 26 | (84%) | ||
Education level | 0.746 | b | ||||||||||||
≤ High school | 29 | (9%) | 13 | (9%) | 42 | (9%) | a | a | a | a | ||||
Some post-secondary education | 132 | (43%) | 54 | (39%) | 186 | (42%) | 10 | (48%) | 7 | (70%) | 17 | (55%) | ||
University degree or higher | 147 | (48%) | 71 | (51%) | 218 | (49%) | 9 | (43%) | a | a | 13 | (12%) | ||
Working FT/PT | 0.274 | 0.273 | ||||||||||||
Yes | 245 | (79%) | 103 | (75%) | 348 | (78%) | a | a | a | a | 7 | (23%) | ||
No | 64 | (21%) | 35 | (25%) | 99 | (22%) | 17 | (81%) | 7 | (70%) | 24 | (77%) | ||
Personal income | 0.780 | b | ||||||||||||
< $20,000 | 76 | (25%) | 39 | (28%) | 115 | (26%) | 9 | (43%) | a | a | 13 | (42%) | ||
$20,000—$39,999 | 78 | (25%) | 33 | (24%) | 111 | (26%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
$40,000—$59,999 | 68 | (22%) | 26 | (19%) | 94 | (21%) | a | a | a | a | 6 | (19%) | ||
≥ 60,000 | 72 | (23%) | 34 | (25%) | 106 | (24%) | a | a | a | a | 7 | (23%) | ||
Not reported | 15 | (5%) | 6 | (4%) | 21 | (5%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
Is anybody aware of your sexual orientation? | 0.112 | 0.999 | ||||||||||||
Yes | 299 | (97%) | 129 | (93%) | 428 | (96%) | 18 | (86%) | 9 | (90%) | 27 | (87%) | ||
No/prefer not to answer | 10 | (3%) | 9 | (7%) | 19 | (4%) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||
Live in rural/remote area | 0.804 | 0.429 | ||||||||||||
Yes | 43 | (14%) | 18 | (13%) | 61 | (14%) | 8 | (38%) | a | a | 10 | (32%) | ||
No | 266 | (86%) | 120 | (87%) | 386 | (86%) | 13 | (62%) | 8 | (80%) | 21 | (68%) |