Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 3156) in total sample and by patient–clinician concordance group
| Characteristic | No. (%)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n = 3156 | Ethnocultural concordance† n = 1915 | Language concordance‡ n = 2912 | Ethnocultural and language concordance§ n = 1824 | |
| Ethnocultural group | ||||
| European descent | 2358 (74.7) | 1423 (63.6) | 2334 (99.0) | 1410 (63.0) |
| Chinese | 329 (10.4) | 202 (64.5) | 229 (70.2) | 170 (54.8) |
| South Asian | 352 (11.2) | 234 (66.9) | 232 (66.7) | 188 (54.3) |
| Indigenous | 117 (3.7) | 56 (47.9) | 117 (100.0) | 56 (47.9) |
| Province | ||||
| British Columbia | 1169 (37.0) | 756 (68.2) | 1007 (86.6) | 688 (62.4) |
| Manitoba | 992 (31.4) | 421 (45.0) | 992 (100.0) | 421 (45.0) |
| Quebec | 995 (31.5) | 738 (75.8) | 913 (91.9) | 715 (73.6) |
| Female sex | 1803 (57.1) | 1084 (63.1) | 1661 (92.3) | 1033 (60.3) |
| Age, yr, mean ± SD¶ | 54.2 ± 14.8 | 55.3 ± 14.7 | 54.6 ± 14.8 | 55.6 ± 14.6 |
| Level of education‡ | 334 (10.6) | |||
| Less than high school | 670 (21.3) | 233 (71.5) | 303 (91.0) | 224 (68.9) |
| Completed high school | 986 (31.4) | 440 (68.8) | 629 (94.3) | 423 (66.4) |
| Some university or completed college | 719 (22.9) | 539 (57.3) | 937 (95.1) | 515 (54.8) |
| Completed undergraduate degree | 430 (13.7) | 446 (64.4) | 632 (88.3) | 415 (60.1) |
| Completed graduate degree | 252 (62.1) | 395 (91.9) | 242 (59.6) | |
| Yearly household income** | ||||
| < Can$10 000 | 126 (4.6) | 85 (69.7) | 112 (88.9) | 78 (63.9) |
| Can$10 001–30 000 | 615 (22.4) | 391 (66.2) | 572 (93.8) | 375 (64.0) |
| Can$30 001–50 000 | 637 (23.2) | 398 (65.0) | 581 (91.4) | 376 (61.5) |
| Can$50 001–80 000 | 588 (21.5) | 374 (66.1) | 555 (94.4) | 361 (63.8) |
| Can$80 001–100 000 | 285 (10.4) | 153 (56.5) | 261 (91.6) | 146 (53.9) |
| > Can$100 000 | 489 (17.8) | 294 (62.3) | 465 (95.1) | 282 (59.7) |
| Born in Canada | 2256 (71.6) | 1368 (63.7) | 2227 (98.8) | 1353 (63.0) |
| Self-rated health status‡ | ||||
| Excellent or very good | 1568 (49.7) | 930 (62.3) | 1479 (94.6) | 894 (60.1) |
| Good | 962 (30.5) | 593 (64.0) | 875 (91.0) | 564 (60.9) |
| Fair or poor | 622 (19.8) | 389 (65.2) | 555 (89.8) | 363 (61.2) |
Note: Percentages in the Total column sum to 100% for each characteristic, whereas the remaining 3 columns show percentages of existing patient–physician concordance in parentheses. SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless otherwise indicated
↵† 4.3% missing.
↵‡ < 1% missing.
↵§ 4.6% missing.
↵¶ 8.0% missing.
↵** 13.2% missing.