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Table 1 Respondent characteristics (n = 3200)

From: Public awareness and knowledge of sepsis: a cross-sectional survey of adults in Canada

Characteristic

Unweighted number (%)a

Weighted %

Gender

3189 (99.7)

 

 Woman

1588 (49.8)

51.3

 Man

1581 (49.6)

48.1

Self-describedb

20 (0.6)

0.6

Sex

3,191 (99.7)

 

 Female

1598 (50.1)

51.5

 Male

1593 (49.9)

48.5

Age

3200 (100)

 

 Mean (SD)

48.4 (16.6)

48.2 (17.2)

  18–29

573 (17.9)

17.9

  30–44

817 (25.5)

25.5

  45–64

1133 (35.4)

35.4

  65 or older

677 (21.2)

21.2

Region

3200 (100)

 

 British Columbia

303 (9.5)

13.5

 Alberta

263 (8.2)

11.2

 Manitoba/Saskatchewan

242 (7.6)

6.5

 Ontario

1219 (38.1)

38.3

 Québec

761 (23.8)

23.4

 Atlanticc

212 (6.4)

6.8

 Territoriesd

200 (6.2)

0.3

City size

3165 (98.9)

 

 Small town or city (up to 10,000 people)

497 (15.7)

14.7

 Medium size city (> 10,000 to < 100,000)

839 (26.5)

24.3

 Large city (> 100,000–1,000,000)

1058 (33.4)

34.6

 Large metropolitan area (> 1,000,000)

771 (24.4)

25.9

Ethnicity/racee

3,119 (97.5)

 

 Single response

2,828 (90.7)

 

 Multiple response

291 (9.3)

 

 Black, indigenous, person of color

670 (21.5)

 

  Asian East/Southeast

237 (7.6)

8.6

  Asian South/Indian Caribbean

92 (2.9)

3.2

  Black

89 (2.9)

3.0

  Indigenous

71 (2.3)

1.7

  Latin American

27 (0.9)

0.9

  Middle eastern

26 (0.8)

0.9

  Mixed/other

128 (4.1)

4.0

White

2449 (78.5)

77.8

Highest education

3173 (99.2)

 

 High school or less

529 (16.5)

18.0

 CEGEP, trade, or technical college

507 (15.8)

15.1

 Some college/university

409 (12.8)

16.7

 College/university degree (s)

1728 (54.0)

41.7

Household income

2854 (89.2)

 

 0$–$59,999

975 (34.2)

36.0

 $60,000–$124,999

1231 (43.1)

41.8

 $125,000 or more

648 (22.7)

20.7

Employment

  

 Employment statusf

3166 (98.9)

 

  Employed (full-time/part-time hours)

1911 (60.4)

57.4

  Not employedg

501 (15.8)

5.2

  Retired

783 (24.7)

25.8

  Other

56 (1.8)

1.7

 Employment sector

3131 (97.8)

–

  Animal careers

22 (0.7)

1.4

  Aviation

31 (1.0)

1.6

  Arts

28 (0.9)

1.6

  Business

194 (6.2)

10.9

  Education

213 (6.8)

11.0

  Law enforcement

38 (1.2)

1.9

  Media

26 (0.8)

1.7

  Medical/health

235 (7.5)

12.5

  Service industry

294 (9.4)

1.1

  STEM careers

201 (6.4)

16.3

  Other

530 (16.9)

10.9

Diagnosis with chronic health condition (s)g

3107 (97.1)

 

 Yes, current diagnosis

1189 (38.3)

40.0

 No, current diagnosis

1918 (61.7)

60.0

  1. Abbreviations: CEGEP Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel (a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs in the province of Quebec); NWT northwest territories, STEM Science, technology, engineering, and math
  2. aFrequencies and percent are noted unless otherwise indicated. Prefer not to answer response options are excluded from percent analyses and individual N reported
  3. bSelf-described includes non-binary, two-spirited, and prefer to self-describe
  4. cAtlantic Canada includes the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
  5. dTerritories include the territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
  6. eThe following categories were combined: (1) Asian East (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) and Asian Southeast (e.g., Malaysian, Filipino, Vietnamese); (2) Asian South (e.g., Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan) and Indian Caribbean; (3) Black-African (e.g., Ghanian, Kenyan, Somali), Black-Caribbean (E.g., Barbadian, Jamaican), Black-North American (e.g., Canadian, American) into Black; (4) Indigenous, Inuit, First Nations, and Métis into ‘Indigenous’; and (5) White-European (e.g., English, Italian, Portuguese Russian), White-North American (e.g., Canadian, American) into White. Respondents who checked multiple categories across recoded groups were coded as Mixed; mixed was combined with open-ended ‘Other’ responses
  7. fIncludes student, full-time parent or homemaker, unemployed or unable to work for any reason
  8. gParticipants checked if diagnosed any condition on a predefined list that included autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, other chronic diseases (e.g., high cholesterol, kidney disease), and Other
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