Table 3 Characteristics of Participants in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal

Age

< 0.001

Under 30

0.40

45.4

38.5

52.4

0.09

50.7

41.4

60.0

0.44

36.4

31.5

41.3

30 to 44

0.42

30.0

23.9

36.2

0.41

28.3

20.9

35.8

0.31

34.6

29.2

39.9

45 and over

0.53

24.6

18.2

30.9

0.50

21.0

11.4

30.6

0.63

29.1

24.1

34.0

Ethnicity

< 0.001

Canadian

0.26

40.0

33.2

46.8

0.21

34.8

25.5

44.1

0.42

55.0

49.6

60.3

Indigenous

0.11

4.0

0.0

8.0

-1.00

2.2

0.0

5.4

0.13

1.2

0.0

2.6

European

0.11

14.5

10.4

18.6

-0.01

21.9

14.3

29.4

0.18

14.7

10.9

18.4

Asian

0.25

22.2

16.4

28.0

0.09

15.7

8.5

22.9

0.16

5.2

2.8

7.5

African/Caribbean/Black

0.24

1.8

0.0

3.8

0.25

6.7

2.5

10.9

0.13

3.2

1.6

4.8

Mixed Race

0.05

3.0

0.6

5.4

-1.00

4.1

1.4

6.7

-1.00

1.9

0.9

2.8

Other

0.26

14.5

9.3

19.7

0.32

14.7

9.3

20.0

0.27

19.0

14.4

23.6

Person of colour

< 0.001

No

0.29

69.6

62.7

76.4

-0.01

76.6

70.0

83.2

0.18

87.6

83.9

91.4

Yes

0.14

30.4

23.6

37.3

0.12

23.4

16.8

30.0

0.13

12.4

8.6

16.1

Annual income

< 0.001

Less than $30,000

-0.03

61.3

54.9

67.8

-0.03

57.4

48.0

66.7

-0.02

66.8

62.2

71.5

$30,000 to $59,999

0.05

25.6

19.7

31.5

0.10

32.0

22.5

41.5

0.16

25.3

21.0

29.6

$60,000 and over

0.30

13.1

10.0

16.2

0.33

10.6

7.0

14.3

0.28

7.9

5.6

10.1

Education

< 0.001

Less than highschool

0.21

6.7

1.9

11.5

-1.00

10.7

2.2

19.2

0.11

10.2

7.0

13.4

Highschool or equivalent

0.14

16.5

11.9

21.2

0.03

12.1

7.2

17.1

0.04

25.4

20.0

30.8

Greater than high school

0.32

76.8

70.7

82.9

0.46

77.2

68.2

86.1

0.37

64.3

58.8

69.9

Table 3Cont’d: Characteristics of Participants in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal

Current employment

< 0.001

No

0.16

29.3

23.0

35.5

0.05

47.4

37.9

57.0

0.09

43.4

37.9

48.9

Yes

0.35

70.7

64.5

77.0

0.53

52.6

43.0

62.1

0.42

56.6

51.1

62.1

Born in Canada

< 0.001

No

0.13

42.7

35.9

49.5

0.20

42.6

33.7

51.6

0.30

34.9

29.8

39.9

Yes

0.38

57.3

50.5

64.1

0.28

57.4

48.4

66.3

0.42

65.1

60.1

70.2

Sexual identity

0.035

Gay

0.41

79.6

73.3

86.0

0.39

72.4

63.9

80.9

0.45

75.3

70.4

80.1

Bisexual

0.10

9.5

5.4

13.6

0.18

13.6

5.8

21.4

0.23

12.7

9.0

16.5

Other

0.18

10.9

5.3

16.4

0.21

14.0

8.8

19.3

0.25

12.0

8.2

15.7

Gender identity

< 0.001

Man

0.49

93.3

88.9

97.8

0.50

92.0

87.2

96.8

0.44

88.4

84.2

92.6

Trans man

0.19

0.8

0.0

1.7

0.28

1.0

0.2

1.7

0.16

1.5

0.3

2.7

Genderqueer/Gender non-conforming

0.08

1.3

0.4

2.1

0.04

3.6

0.2

7.0

0.18

2.2

1.0

3.5

Two spirit

0.15

3.8

0.0

8.1

-1.00

0.6

0.0

1.4

-0.26

4.9

1.4

8.4

Another identity

-1.00

0.8

0.0

1.6

-1.00

2.8

0.0

6.2

0.03

2.9

0.7

5.2

Self-reported HIV status

< 0.001

HIV-Negative

0.54

62.5

55.5

69.5

0.34

65.4

55.3

75.5

0.24

73.7

69.0

78.3

HIV-Positive

0.41

19.4

13.6

25.2

0.42

18.4

9.8

27.0

0.39

12.7

9.8

15.6

Unknown

-0.15

18.1

12.3

23.8

-0.38

16.2

7.5

24.9

0.11

13.7

9.6

17.7

Continuous Variables

Median

(Q1-Q3)

Adjusted Median

Adjusted Q1

Adjusted Q3

Median

(Q1-Q3)

Adjusted Median

Adjusted Q1

Adjusted Q3

Median

(Q1-Q3)

Adjusted Median

Financial Strain Sum Score

6

(5–9)

6

5

9

7

(5–10)

7

5

10

7

(5–9)

7

< 0.001