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Table 1 Selected demographic characteristics

From: Differential experiences of discrimination among ethnoracially diverse persons experiencing mental illness and homelessness

 

Qualitative interview participants (N = 36)

Ethno-racial moderate needs participants (N = 231)

n

% *

n

% *

Age

 

  <30 years

12

33.3

66

28.6

  30-39 years

8

22.2

53

22.9

  ≥40 years

16

44.4

112

48.4

Gender

    

  Female

9

25.0

75

32.5

  Male

27

75.0

152

65.8

  Transgender

0

0.00

4

1.7

Education

 

  Less than high school

12

33.3

104

45.0

  Completed high school

8

22.2

43

18.6

  Some college/university

16

44.4

84

36.4

Country of birth

 

  Canada-born

12

33.3

65

28.1

  Foreign-born

24**

66.7

166

71.9

Homelessness: Lifetime duration

    

  <3 years

20

55.6

123

56.2

  ≥3 years

16

44.4

96

43.8

Mental health: MINI results

    

  Current psychotic disorder

13

36.1

81

35.1

  1. *Percentages are based on valid responses. **Countries of birth in this group included: Canada (12), Jamaica (3), Afghanistan (2), Somalia (2), Uganda (2), Bangladesh, Barbados, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Kenya, India, Iran, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zambia (each, n = 1).