Table 4 Frequency distribution of the survey participants and the selection of a factor as one of the “top three stressors” and the association between factors
From: “Running myself ragged”: stressors faced by peer workers in overdose response settings
Characteristics | Total sample | Stressors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Financial situation—Yes | Work situation—Yes | Housing—Yes | |||||
n (%) | n (%) | Χ2 * of known values | n (%) | Χ2 * of known values | n (%) | Χ2 * of known values | |
(n = 50, 100%) | (n = 36, 72%) | (p value) | (n = 20, 40%) | (p value) | (n = 19, 38%) | (p value) | |
Gender | 0.267 | 0.15 (p = 0.93) | 0.45 (p = 0.80) | ||||
(p = 0.875) | |||||||
Man | 27 (54%) | 20 (74%) | 10 (37.0%) | 12 (44.4%) | |||
Woman | 22 (44%) | 16 (73%) | 10 (45.5%) | 7 (31.8%) | |||
Other | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Age | 1.42 (p = 0.49) | 0.30 (p = 0.86) | 0.095 | ||||
(p = 0.95) | |||||||
40 and under | 19 (38%) | 11 (57.9%) | 6 (31.6%) | 6 (31.6%) | |||
41–50 | 20 (40%) | 16 (80%) | 9 (45%) | 8 (40%) | |||
Over 51 | 9 (18%) | 7 (77.8%) | 4 (44.4%) | 4 (44.4%) | |||
Unknown | 2 (4%) | 2 (100%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | |||
Location | 1.39 (p = 0.71) | 9.22 (p = 0.03) | 3.58 (p = 0.31) | ||||
Coquitlam | 9 (18.0%) | 8 (88.9%) | 7 (77.8%) | 6 (66.7%) | |||
Maple Ridge | 8 (16.0%) | 7 (87.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | |||
Vancouver | 16 (32.0%) | 10 (62.5%) | 9 (56.3%) | 7 (43.8%) | |||
Victoria | 17 (34.0%) | 11 (64.7%) | 3 (17.6%) | 5 (29.4%) | |||
Ethnicity | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.13 | ||||
(p = 0.49) | (p = 0.496) | (p = 0.72) | |||||
Reported Indigenous | 16 (32.0%) | 10 (62.5%) | 8 (50.0%) | 5 (31.2%) | |||
Non-Indigenous | 34 (68.0%) | 26 (76.5%) | 12 (35.2%) | 14 (41.1%) | |||