Characteristic | Number of Participants |
---|---|
Gender | |
Men | 11 |
Women | 14 |
Agea | |
Average age | 50 |
Age range | 35–71 |
Ethnicitya | |
White | 12 |
Indigenous | 6 |
Sexual orientationa | |
Heterosexual | 16 |
Gay/Lesbian | 2 |
Relationship statusa | |
Single | 9 |
Married or living in common law relationship | 6 |
Divorced or separated | 3 |
Widowed | 0 |
Relationship to structural vulnerable person | |
Friend/Street family | 10 |
Biological family | 10 |
Current or former partner | 5 |
Highest level of educationb | |
Post graduate degree | 2 |
University | 1 |
Attended university | 1 |
College diploma | 1 |
Some college (including trade school) | 5 |
High school | 2 |
Some high school | 4 |
Middle school (grade 8) | 1 |
Elementary school or less | 0 |
Housing type on entry of the study a | |
Purchased home | 2 |
Social or public housing | 2 |
Market rental (with roommates and/or financial supplements) | 11 |
Homeless (e.g., shelter, boat, hospital, etc.) | 3 |
Main source of incomea | |
Provincial Disability Benefit | 3 |
Pension | 4 |
Social assistance | 4 |
Employment Income | 6 |
Employment Insurance Benefit | 0 |
Other | 1 |
Life limiting conditionsb | |
Cancer | 1 |
COPD | 3 |
Diabetes | 1 |
Cardiovascular Disease | 3 |
Arthritis | 5 |
Other conditions b | |
HIV/AIDS | 1 |
Hepatitis C | 4 |
Mental health status b | |
Self-reported mental illness | 5 |