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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Recruiting people facing social disadvantage: the experience of the Free Meds study

  

n (percent)

Gender

 Male

463 (43.4)

 Female

605 (56.7)

Ethnicity*

 New Zealand European

541 (50.7)

 Māori

520 (48.7)

 Pacific

24 (2.2)

 Other (including “Kiwi” and “New Zealander”)

107 (10.0)

Age

 Under 40

85 (8.0)

 40–49

110 (10.3)

 50–59

262 (24.5)

 60–69

299 (28.0)

 70–79

245 (22.9)

 80 and over

67 (6.3)

Condition **

 Diabetes

729 (68.3)

 Taking anti-psychotics (for any reason)

278 (26.0)

 COPD

192 (18.0)

Sources of personal income Ɨ

 Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses

242 (22.7)

 Self-employment

33 (3.1)

 Interest, dividends, rent, other investments

35 (3.3)

 Accident Compensation

12 (1.1)

 Superannuation

474 (44.4)

 Jobseeker benefit

82 (7.7)

 Sole parent support

20 (1.9)

 Supported Living payment

246 (23.0)

 Other

38 (3.6)

 No income

30 (2.8)

  1. *Participants could report more than one ethnicity
  2. **Usually, if people met one of the study criteria, we did not ask about others. Therefore, these numbers are likely to under-estimate the prevalence of the conditions. However, some recruiters did ask about all conditions, which is why the total is greater than the sample size
  3. Ɨ Participants sometimes had more than one source of income.