Characteristic | N= 99 |
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n (%) | |
Age-Mean, (s.d.), range, median | 50.5, (12.1), 55, 52 |
Sex | |
Male | 74 (74.7) |
Female | 25 (25.3) |
Relationship status | |
Married | 48 (48.5) |
Living with a common-law | 6 (6.1) |
Widowed/Separated/Divorced | 20 (20.2) |
Single, never married | 25 (25.3) |
Education | |
Less than high school | 11 (11.1) |
High school | 25 (25.3) |
Trade certificate/College/University certificate or diploma | 32 (32.3) |
Bachelor’s degree | 21 (21.2) |
Degree above the Bachelor’s degree | 10 (10.1) |
Current province* | |
Ontario | 34 (34.3) |
British Columbia | 21 (21.2) |
Alberta | 16 (16.2) |
Other | 28 (28.3) |
Have children | |
Yes | 60 (60.6) |
No | 39 (39.4) |
Primary caregiver | |
Spouse | 26 (26.3) |
Attendant | 23 (23.2) |
No primary caregiver | 39 (39.4) |
Other | 11 (11.1) |
Home setting | |
Home without health services | 58 (58.6) |
Home with health services | 17 (17.2) |
Apartment without health services | 15 (15.2) |
Other | 9 (9.1) |
Level of injury | |
Quadriplegia | 38 (38.4) |
Paraplegia | 49 (49.5) |
Don’t know | 12 (12.1) |
Time since injury**-Mean, (s.d.), range, median | 17.5, (12.3), 54, 16 |
Etiology | |
Sport | 19 (19.2) |
Fall | 15 (15.2) |
Transport or motor vehicle collision | 50 (50.5) |
Other | 15 (15.2) |
Brain injury | |
Yes | 7 (7.1) |
No | 88 (88.9) |
Don’t know | 4 (4.0) |