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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in harm reduction

Characteristic

Count (n = 50)

%

Mean age

25.5

 

Gender

 Men

23

46

 Women

24

48

 Non-binary or gender diverse

2

4

 Two-spirit

1

2

Ethnicity/race

 White

21

42

 Indigenous

14

28

 African, Caribbean, Black

3

6

 East or South Asian

2

4

 Other

2

4

 No entry

8

16

Node (geographic area)

 British Columbia (Abbotsford, Nanaimo, Nelson, Surrey, Vancouver, Victoria)

27

54

 Prairies (Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg)

13

26

 Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto)

4

8

 Quebec/Atlantic (Montreal, Halifax, St. John’s)

6

12

Hours of work

 Part-time or less

20

40

 Full-time or more

21

42

 Varied greatly

8

16

 No entry

1

2