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Table 4 Characteristics of qualitative interview participants

From: Awareness and knowledge of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act among people at risk of witnessing an overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a multi-methods cross sectional study

 

Adults N = 28 n (%)

Youth N = 14 n (%)

Total N = 42 n (%)

Gender

  Cis Man

10 (35.7%)

4 (28.6%)

14 (33.3%)

  Cis Woman

15 (53.6%)

6 (42.9%)

21 (50%)

  Trans and Gender Expansive

0 (0%)

3 (21.4%)

3 (7.1%)

  Unknown

3 (10.7%)

1 (7.1%)

4 (9.5%)

Age (years)

  18 or under

0 (0%)

3 (21.4%)

3 (7.1%)

  19–24

0 (0%)

10 (71.4%)

10 (23.8%)

  25–35

9 (32.1%)

0 (0%)

9 (21.4%)

  36–45

8 (28.6%)

0 (0%)

8 (19%)

  46–55

5 (17.9%)

0 (0%)

5 (11.9%)

  56–65

3 (10.7%)

0 (0%)

3 (7.1%)

  Unknown

3 (10.7%)

1 (7.1%)

4 (9.5%)

Indigenous Self-Identification

  Indigenousa

8 (28.6%)

8 (57.1%)

16 (38.1%)

  Non-Indigenous

17 (60.7%)

5 (35.7%)

22 (52.4%)

  Unknown

3 (10.7%)

1 (7.1%)

4 (9.5%)

Urbanicity

  Metropolitan

9 (32.1%)

8 (57.1%)

17 (40.5%)

  Large Urban

15 (53.6%)

3 (21.4%)

18 (42.9%)

  Medium Urban

0 (0%)

1 (7.1%)

1 (2.4%)

  Small Urban

4 (14.3%)

0 (0%)

4 (9.5%)

  Rural Hub

0 (0%)

1 (7.1%)

1 (2.4%)

  Unknown

0 (0%)

1 (7.1%)

1 (2.4%)

Currently use illicit drugs

  Yes, opioids only

3 (10.7%)

2 (14.3%)

5 (11.9%)

  Yes, stimulants only

8 (28.6%)

2 (14.3%)

10 (23.8%)

  Yes, opioids and stimulants

10 (35.7%)

3 (21.4%)

13 (31%)

  Nob

4 (14.3%)

6 (42.9%)

10 (23.8%)

  Unknown

3 (10.7%)

1 (7.1%)

4 (9.5%)

Peer Worker

  Yes

11 (39.3%)

 

11 (26.2%)

  No

17 (60.7%)

 

17 (40.5%)

  Unknown

0 (0.0%)

 

0 (0.0%)

  1. aData surrounding First Nation, Métis, and/or Inuit self-identification not available
  2. bParticipants who did not currently use illicit drugs may have used illicit drugs in the past