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Table 1 Focus group participant demographics (n = 56)

From: Inequities in access to directly-funded home care in Canada: a privilege only afforded to some

Descriptor

Category

Participants

Proportion

Age

25–44

7

13%

45–64

26

46%

65–80

23

41%

Gender

Woman

34

61%

Man

22

39%

Non-binary or other gender identity

0

0%

Ethnicity

Person of colour

10

18%

White

40

71%

Prefer not to answer

6

11%

Country of birth

Born in Canada

38

68%

Born outside of Canada

17

30%

Prefer not to answer

1

2%

Financial wellbeing

Never have trouble

42

75%

Sometimes have trouble

6

11%

Often have trouble

3

5%

Prefer not to answer

5

9%

Hiring mechanism

Individual employer

33

59%

Purchase from an agency

21

38%

Both

2

4%

Experience with opposite hiring mechanism

14

25%