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Table 1 Self-reported demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Identifying barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among People Who Use Drugs in Canada: a National Qualitative Study

Demographic characteristics

Total sample

N = 78 (%)

Atlantic region

N = 17 (%)

British Columbia region

N = 10 (%)

Ontario region

N = 19 (%)

Prairies region

N = 14 (%)

Quebec region

N = 18 (%)

Age (years, mean \(\pm\) SD)

40.2 \(\pm\) 10.0

31.7 \(\pm\) 4.3

36.5 \(\pm\) 8.7

44.9 \(\pm\) 11.6

34.7 \(\pm\) 7.0

50.0 \(\pm\) 6.9

Age groups

      

 18–30

17 (21.8)

6 (35.3)

3 (30.0)

3 (15.8)

4 (28.6)

1 (5.6)

 31–50

42 (53.8)

11 (64.7)

6 (60.0)

10 (52.7)

10 (71.4)

5 (27.8)

 \(\ge 51\)

19 (24.4)

0

1 (10.0)

6 (31.6)

0

12 (66.7)

Gender

      

 Man

42 (53.8)

11 (64.7)

4 (40.0)

9 (47.4)

5 (35.7)

13 (72.2)

 Woman

32 (66.7)

5 (29.4)

6 (60.0)

7 (36.8)

9 (64.3)

5 (27.8)

 Other

4 (5.1)

1 (5.9)

0

3 (15.8)

0

0

Ethnicity

      

 White

48 (61.5)

13 (76.5)

6 (60.0)

10 (52.6)

2 (14.3)

17 (94.4)

 Indigenous

15 (19.2)

1 (5.9)

2 (20.0)

2 (10.5)

9 (64.3)

1 (5.6)

 Black

6 (7.7)

0

1 (10.0)

5 (26.3)

0

0

 Other

9 (11.5)

3 (17.6)

1 (10.0)

2 (10.5)

3 (21.4)

0

Remote/rural

      

 Yes

6 (7.7)

4 (23.5)

1 (10.0)

1(5.3)

0

0

 No

72 (92.3)

13 (76.4)

9 (90.0)

18 (94.7)

14

18

Vaccine status

      

 Vaccinated

50 (64.1)

8 (47.1)

4 (40.0)

14 (73.7)

10 (71.4)

14 (77.8)

  Three doses

24 (30.8)

3 (17.6)

1 (10.0)

9 (47.4)

2 (14.3)

9 (50.0)

  Two doses

26 (33.3)

5 (29.4)

3 (30.0)

5 (26.3)

8 (57.1)

5 (27.8)

 Unvaccinated ….and partially ….vaccinated

28 (35.9)

9 (52.9)

7 (70.0)

5 (26.3)

4 (28.6)

4 (22.2)

  One dose

5 (6.4)

2 (11.7)

3 (30.0)

0

0

0

  No doses

23 (29.5)

7 (41.1)

3(30.0)

5 (26.3)

4 (28.6)

4 (22.2)

  1. The Atlantic Region includes the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Prairies Region includes the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba