Table 1 Sample characteristics across all four survey rounds
Round 1 May 2020 (N = 3000) | Round 2 Sept 2020 (N = 3027) | Round 3 Jan 2021 (N = 3034) | Round 4 Nov-Dec 2021 (N = 3030) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Gendera | ||||||||
Cisgender man | 1492 | 49.7 | 1464 | 48.4 | 1479 | 48.7 | 1479 | 48.8 |
Cisgender woman | 1485 | 49.5 | 1478 | 48.8 | 1512 | 49.8 | 1500 | 49.5 |
Non-cisgender | 23 | 0.8 | 84 | 2.8 | 43 | 1.4 | 51 | 1.7 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
18–34 | 840 | 28.0 | 838 | 27.7 | 839 | 27.7 | 845 | 27.9 |
35–64 | 1490 | 49.7 | 1510 | 49.9 | 1501 | 49.5 | 1461 | 48.2 |
65 + | 670 | 22.3 | 678 | 22.4 | 694 | 22.9 | 724 | 23.9 |
Province/region | ||||||||
Alberta | 330 | 11.0 | 335 | 11.1 | 337 | 11.1 | 339 | 11.2 |
British Columba/Territories | 390 | 13.0 | 392 | 13.0 | 398 | 13.1 | 391 | 12.9 |
Quebec | 720 | 24.0 | 724 | 23.8 | 719 | 23.7 | 714 | 23.6 |
Ontario | 1140 | 38.0 | 1147 | 37.9 | 1156 | 38.1 | 1157 | 38.2 |
Manitoba/Saskatchewan | 210 | 7.0 | 211 | 7.0 | 214 | 7.1 | 222 | 7.3 |
Atlantic Provinces | 210 | 7.0 | 218 | 7.2 | 210 | 6.9 | 207 | 6.8 |
Highest education completed | ||||||||
High school or less | 421 | 14.0 | 475 | 15.7 | 426 | 14.1 | 473 | 15.6 |
Some college or university | 498 | 16.6 | 563 | 18.6 | 451 | 14.9 | 523 | 17.3 |
College or university graduate | 2082 | 69.4 | 1989 | 65.7 | 2156 | 71.1 | 2034 | 67.1 |
Annual household income | ||||||||
< $25 k | 253 | 8.4 | 196 | 6.5 | 239 | 7.9 | 217 | 7.2 |
25 k to < 50 k | 497 | 16.6 | 549 | 18.1 | 497 | 16.4 | 506 | 16.7 |
50 K to < 100 k | 990 | 33.0 | 983 | 32.5 | 971 | 32.0 | 955 | 31.5 |
100 k + | 1260 | 42.0 | 1252 | 41.3 | 1236 | 40.7 | 1216 | 40.1 |
Don't know/prefer not to say | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 1.6 | 91 | 3.0 | 135 | 4.5 |
Financial concerns in previous 2 weeks due to the pandemicb | ||||||||
Yes | 1122 | 37.4 | 1168 | 38.6 | 912 | 30.1 | 920 | 30.4 |
No/don't know/not applicable/prefer not to say | 1878 | 62.6 | 1859 | 61.4 | 2122 | 69.9 | 2110 | 69.6 |
Parent/guardian with child under 18 | ||||||||
Yes | 645 | 21.5 | 886 | 29.3 | 647 | 21.3 | 609 | 20.1 |
No | 2355 | 78.5 | 2141 | 70.7 | 2387 | 78.7 | 2421 | 79.9 |
Race/ethnicityc | ||||||||
Racialized (non-Indigenous) | 859 | 29.8 | 790 | 27.6 | 748 | 25.9 | 812 | 28.0 |
Indigenous | 90 | 3.1 | 88 | 3.1 | 101 | 3.5 | 115 | 4.0 |
Non-racialized | 1938 | 67.1 | 1982 | 69.3 | 2035 | 70.6 | 1971 | 68.0 |
LGBT2Q + | ||||||||
Yes and unsure | 269 | 9.0 | 270 | 8.9 | 270 | 8.9 | 276 | 9.1 |
No and prefer not to answer | 2731 | 91.0 | 2757 | 91.1 | 2764 | 91.1 | 2754 | 90.9 |
Identify as someone with pre-existing mental health condition | ||||||||
Yes | 568 | 18.9 | 573 | 18.9 | 543 | 17.9 | 575 | 19.0 |
No and prefer not to answer | 2432 | 81.1 | 2454 | 81.1 | 2491 | 82.1 | 2455 | 81.0 |
Identify as someone with a disability | ||||||||
Yes | 299 | 10.0 | 342 | 11.3 | 303 | 10.0 | 335 | 11.1 |
No and prefer not to answer | 2701 | 90.0 | 2685 | 88.7 | 2731 | 90.0 | 2695 | 88.9 |
Tested for COVID-19 and had a positive result | ||||||||
Yes | 8 | 0.3 | 92 | 3.0 | 39 | 1.3 | 88 | 2.9 |
No/don’t know/prefer not to answer | 2992 | 99.7 | 2935 | 97.0 | 2995 | 98.7 | 2942 | 97.1 |
Stressed or worried about having enough food to meet my household’s basic needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past 2 weeks? | ||||||||
Yes | 525 | 17.5 | 602 | 19.9 | 431 | 14.2 | 477 | 15.7 |
No | 2375 | 79.2 | 2284 | 75.4 | 2456 | 80.9 | 2408 | 79.5 |
Don't know/Not applicable/Prefer not to say | 100 | 3.3 | 141 | 4.7 | 147 | 4.8 | 145 | 4.8 |
Worried that food would run out before you got money to buy more in the last 12 months?d | ||||||||
Often true | - | - | 198 | 6.6 | 102 | 3.4 | 122 | 4.0 |
Sometimes true | - | - | 461 | 15.2 | 430 | 14.2 | 470 | 15.5 |
Never true | - | - | 2308 | 76.3 | 2432 | 80.1 | 2368 | 78.1 |
Don’t know/prefer not to answer | - | - | 59 | 2.0 | 70 | 2.3 | 71 | 2.3 |