Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: A survey of patient perspectives on the research use of health information and biospecimens
Variable | N (% of those responding) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
male | 98 (46.4 %) |
female | 93 (44.1 %) |
preferred not to answer | 20 (9.5 %) |
Age | |
mean | 58.9 (SD = 17.3) |
median | 58 |
preferred not to answer | 27 (12.8 %) |
Education | |
high school or less | 37 (17.5 %) |
some post secondary | 40 (19.0 %) |
technical school/college diploma complete | 47 (22.3 %) |
post secondary complete | 61 (28.9 %) |
preferred not to answer/did not answer | 26 (12.3 %) |
Income | |
<= 40 000.00 | 43 (20.4 %) |
$40 000 < $60 000 | 29 (13.7 %) |
$60 000 < $80 000 | 27 (12.8 %) |
$80 000 < $100 000 | 19 (9.0 %) |
>$100 000 | 33 (15.6 %) |
preferred not to answer/did not answer | 60 (28.4 %) |
Ethnic background | |
Canadian | 12 (5.0 %) |
European Canadian | 121 (57.3 %) |
African Canadian | 5 (2.4 %) |
Asian Canadian | 13 (6.2 %) |
First Nations | 3 (1.4 %) |
other | 27 (12.8 %) |
preferred not to answer/did not answer | 42 (19.9 %) |
Ever had kidney biopsy | |
yes | 116 (55.0 %) |
no | 66 (31.3 %) |
preferred not to answer | 29 (13.7 %) |
Affiliated with kidney clinic for | |
less than one year | 19 (9.0 %) |
1–5 years | 83 (39.3 %) |
6–10 years | 28 (13.3 %) |
more than 10 years | 20 (9.5 %) |
first visit | 34 (16.1 %) |
prefer not to answer/did not answer | 27 (12.8 %) |