Table 2 Demographic characteristics of survey participants (n = 50)
From: “Running myself ragged”: stressors faced by peer workers in overdose response settings
n (%) | |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 27 (54%) |
Female | 22 (44%) |
Other | 1 (2%) |
Age | |
40 and under | 19 (38%) |
41–50 | 20 (40%) |
51+ | 9 (18%) |
Unknown | 2 (4%) |
Ethnicity | |
Reported indigenous | 16 (32%) |
Non-indigenous | 34 (68%) |
White | 32 (64%) |
Black/Latin American | 1 (2%) |
Other | 1 (2%) |
Highest level of education | |
No schooling | 0 (0%) |
Some elementary school | 3 (6%) |
Some high school | 28 (56%) |
Some comm. college/tech school/street degree/university | 19 (38%) |