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Table 1 Participant characteristics by age group and informant

From: Age-specific determinants of psychiatric outcomes after the first COVID-19 wave: baseline findings from a Canadian online cohort study

 

Child by parent-report

(< 8 year)

Youth by parent-report

(8–18 year)

Youth self-report

(8–18 year)

Young adult self-report

(19–29 year)

Adult self-report

(30 + year)

Overall Sample

Canadian population reference1

N = 192

N = 289

N = 137

N = 586

N = 1.936

N = 3.140

Gender

 Female

90 (47%)

136 (47%)

78 (57%)

446 (76%)

1571 (81%)

2321 (74%)

50.9%

 Male

98 (51%)

142 (49%)

55 (40%)

114 (19%)

324 (17%)

733 (23%)

49.1%

 Non-binary

4 (2.1%)

11 (3.8%)

4 (2.9%)

26 (4.4%)

41 (2.1%)

86 (2.7%)

 

LGBTQ2S + 

 Yes

NA

NA

16 (12%)

172 (29%)

197 (10%)

NA

6.4%; 3.1%2

 No

NA

NA

113 (82%)

391 (67%)

1697 (88%)

NA

93–97%

 Prefer not to answer

NA

NA

8 (5.8%)

23 (3.9%)

42 (2.2%)

NA

NA

Ethnicity

 Metis/1st Nations

9 (4.7%)

7 (2.4%)

4 (2.9%)

8 (1.4%)

40 (2.1%)

68 (2.1%)

6.2%

 East/central Asian

9 (4.7%)

12 (4.2%)

3 (2.2%)

47 (8.0%)

85 (4.4%)

156 (5.0%)

9.2%

 South Asian

28 (15%)

38 (13%)

6 (4.4%)

42 (7.2%)

56 (2.9%)

170 (5.4%)

5.7%

 White

142 (74%)

220 (76%)

94 (69%)

383 (65%)

1,539 (79%)

2378 (76%)

78%3

 Multi

3 (1.6%)

3 (1.0%)

21 (15%)

70 (12%)

110 (5.7%)

207 (6.6%)

NA

 Other

1 (0.5%)

9 (3.1%)

9 (6.6%)

36 (6.1%)

106 (5.5%)

161 (5.1%)

NA

 Immigrant

9 (4.7%)

19 (6.6%)

8 (5.8%)

92 (16%)

346 (18%)

474 (15%)

8.3%; 21.9%4

Parent of 0–18 years

NA

NA

NA

43 (7.3%)

1,067 (55%)

NA

37.5%

Child mean y (SD)

4.4 (2.3)

13.2 (3.0)

12.7 (2.9)

NA

NA

NA

NA

Child with special needs

18 (9.4%)

87 (30%)

NA

NA

NA

NA

10.9%; 4.6%5

Rural setting

13 (6.9%)

15 (5.5%)

9 (6.9%)

32 (6.1%)

158 (8.5%)

227 (7.2%)

16.1%

Northern setting

6 (3.2%)

7 (2.6%)

1 (0.8%)

7 (1.4%)

40 (2.2%)

61 (1.9%)

5.3%

Education (parent/adult)

  < Bachelor’s

46 (24.3%)

98 (35.4%)

43 (32%)

287 (49.3%)

728 (38.1%)

1202 (38%)

71.5%

 Bachelor’s degree

70 (36%)

93 (33%)

47 (35%)

244 (42%)

635 (33%)

1089 (35%)

19%

 Graduate degree

73 (38%)

86 (31%)

45 (33%)

51 (8.7%)

550 (28%)

805 (26%)

9.5%

 Prefer not to answer

3 (1.6%)

3 (1.1%)

0 (0%)

4 (0.7%)

23 (1.2%)

33 (1.0%)

NA

 (Missing)

0

9

2

0

0

11

NA

Annual household income

  < $75 000

19 (16%)

25 (14%)

12 (16%)

154 (63%)

275 (25%)

485 (29%)

53%

$75 000 to 99 999

11 (10%)

26 (15%)

12 (16%)

17 (6.9%)

176 (16%)

242 (14%)

14.5%

 $100 000 to 149 999

47 (43%)

35 (20%)

16 (22%)

34 (14%)

282 (26%)

414 (24%)

17.6%

  > $149 999

30 (27%)

73 (41%)

30 (41%)

9 (3.7%)

290 (26%)

432 (25%)

14.7%

 Prefer not to answer

3 (2.7%)

17 (9.7%)

4 (5.4%)

32 (13%)

72 (6.6%)

128 (7.5%)

NA

 (Missing)

82

113

63

340

841

1439

NA

 Food Insecure

3 (2.5%)

26 (9.0%)

13 (9.5%)

71 (12%)

212 (12%)

325 (11%)

14.6%6

 (Missing)

0

0

0

7

136

143

 

 Number in home mean (SD)

3.00 (1.14)

3.26 (1.15)

3 (1)

2.24 (1.42)

2.32 (1.50)

2.48 (1.47)

2.4

 Lifetime psychiatric d/o

10 (5.2%)

79 (27%)

30 (22%)

286 (49%)

659 (34%)

1064 (34%)

33.1%7

 Alcohol/substance use problem

0 (0%)

2 (0.7%)

1 (0.7%)

17 (2.9%)

59 (3.0%)

79 (2.5%)

12%; 2%8

 Medical condition

27 (14%)

53 (18%)

30 (22%)

253 (43%)

905 (47%)

1268 (40%)

22%; 44%9

Assessment period

 Pre March 2021

88 (46%)

164 (57%)

74 (54%)

264 (45%)

1064 (55%)

1654 (53%)

NA

 Post Feb 2021

104 (54%)

125 (43%)

63 (46%)

322 (55%)

872 (45%)

1486 (47%)

NA

  1. Numbers (and percentages) are presented unless noted otherwise
  2. 1Statistics Canada. 2017, unless noted. See Additional file 3 for further details re: characteristics and references for Canadian statistics
  3. 2%Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual (2015–2018) 15–24 year= 6.4%; 25–64 year = 3.1%
  4. 3% Indicating not being a visible minority
  5. 4% Immigrants among < 15 year = 8.3%; 15 year +  = 21.9%
  6. 5 < 15 year = 10.9%; 15–19 year = 4.6%
  7. 6Includes psychiatric and substance disorders
  8. 715–25 y = 12%; 45–65 year = 2%
  9. 80–18 y = 22%; > 19 year