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Table 1 Structurally vulnerable participants’ characteristics (n = 16)

From: Barriers to cancer treatment and care for people experiencing structural vulnerability: a secondary analysis of ethnographic data

Characteristic

# of participants

Sex

Male

10

Female

6

Agea

Average age

58

 

Age range

50–81

Race/ethnicitya

White/European settler

9

Indigenous identity

5

Sexual orientationb

Heterosexual

12

LGBTQIA/2S

2

Marital statusb

Divorced or separated

8

Single

4

Married or living in common-law

2

Source of incomeb

Disability

7

Pension

5

Employment insurance

1

Social assistance

1

Housing statusa

Social or public housing

6

Market housing (with roommates/ financial supplements)

6

Homeless (e.g., shelter, boat, hospital)

3

Transitional (incl. hotel/motel)

1

Level of educationc

Elementary school or less

2

Middle school (grade 8)

1

Some high school

1

High school

5

Some college (including trade school)

2

College diploma

1

University

1

Mental illness

Yes

9

No

7

  1. aBased on 15 participants. One participant did not answer this question.
  2. bBased on 14 participants. One structurally vulnerable participant engaged in observation but died before completing a demographic form. One participants did not answer this question.
  3. cBased on 13 participants. One structurally vulnerable participant engaged in observation but died before completing a demographic form. Two participants did not answer this question.