Evaluating a peer-to-peer health education program in Australian public housing communities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of survey participants

	Participants [N = 301]
	n	%
Gender
Female	212	70.4
Male	89	29.6
Other/Prefer not to say	0	0.0
Age, years
Median 45 years; range 16–101 years; interquartile range (IQR) 32–60 years
Language mostly spoken at home
Somali	114	37.9
English	52	17.3
Arabic	38	12.6
Vietnamese	26	8.6
Tigrinya	15	5
Other (N = 23 languages)	54	17.9
Blank	2	0.7
No. people living in household
Median 3 people; range 1–11 people; IQR 2–5 people
Aboriginal Australian/Torres Strait Islander	11	3.7
Residential estate
Carlton	74	24.6
Collingwood	77	25.6
Flemington	76	25.2
North Melbourne	74	24.6

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