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Table 1 Demographic characteristic of respondent to the Hepatitis C infection question (N = 3206) from survey

From: Hepatitis C (HCV) prevalence in citizens of the Métis Nation of Ontario

Characteristic

HCV Testing - Respondent (N = 3206)

p-value

Survey - Respondent (N = 4209)

No (2379)

Yes (827)

Age

0.0004

 

16–29

341 (76.29)

106 (23.71)

 

588 (15.19)

30–49

824 (70.49)

345 (29.51)

 

1480 (38.23)

50–64

719 (74.43)

247 (25.57)

 

1108 (28.62)

65+

495 (79.33)

129 (20.67)

 

695 (17.95)

Relationship

0.0872

 

Single

310 (71.59)

123 (28.41)

 

524 (14.17)

Widowed or divorced

199 (69.82)

86 (30.18)

 

347 (9.39)

In a relationship

1729 (74.91)

579 (25.09)

 

2826 (76.44)

Income

0.0048

 

$49,999 or less

214 (65.44)

113 (34.56)

 

1080 (33.4)

$50,000 - $99,999

1150 (73.34)

418 (26.66)

 

1203 (37.2)

$100,000 or more

570 (74.9)

191 (25.1)

 

951 (29.41)

Gender

0.1836

 

Man

862 (73.99)

303 (26.01)

 

1412 (38.1)

Women

1344 (74.34)

464 (25.66)

 

2221 (59.93)

2-Spirit/ Non-Binary

41 (64.06)

23 (35.94)

 

73 (1.97)

Employment

< 0.0001

  

Student

81 (80.2)

20 (19.8)

 

125 (3.37)

Retired

549 (79.91)

138 (20.09)

 

817 (22.0)

Full time or self-employed

1183 (73.62)

424 (26.38)

 

1976 (53.22)

Part-time

146 (70.19)

62 (29.81)

 

256 (6.89)

Homemaker, full time parent or other

232 (65.17)

124 (34.83)

 

437 (11.77)

Unemployed

52 (70.27)

22 (29.73)

 

102 (2.75)

Education

< 0.0001

 

High school or less

702 (79.23)

184 (20.77)

 

1083 (29.24)

Red seal / trades

181 (72.69)

68 (27.31)

 

293 (7.91)

College or university

1104 (70.81)

455 (29.19)

 

1913 (51.65)

Professional

249 (75.0)

83 (25.0)

 

415 (11.2)

Sense of belonging

0.0412

  

Strong

948 (73.26)

346 (26.74)

 

1570 (42.24)

Weak

1081 (73.34)

393 (26.66)

 

1808 (48.64)

Not sure

217 (80.37)

53 (19.63)

 

339 (9.12)