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Table 1 Summary demographics of Canadian chiropractors

From: Assessing cultural competency among Canadian chiropractors: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members

Demographics

Response category

Survey sample

Age (n = 3100)

Mean (SD); years

44.7 (12.7)

Sex (n = 3100)

Female (%)

45.0

Male (%)

55.0

Gender (n = 3141)

Woman (%)

45.2

Man (%)

54.6

Gender minority (%)a

0.2

Indigenous

Yes (%)

0.2

Race (n = 3143)

Black (%)

0.5

Filipino (%)

0.5

Latin (%)

0.3

Southeast Asian (%)

0.6

Arab (%)

1.1

Chinese (%)

4.0

South Asian (%)

5.1

West Asian (%)

1.0

Korean (%)

0.8

Japanese (%)

0.5

Caucasian (%)

80.3

Mixed (%)

4.1

Other (%)

1.2

Years in practice

Mean (SD); years

17.5 (12.3)

Communityb

Rural/remote (%)

9.7

Town or smaller regional city (%)

29.3

Major city (%)

61.0

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. aGender minority categories collapsed due to small sample sizes: (1) trans-man; (2) trans-woman; (3) gender fluid or non-binary; (4) Indigenous or other cultural gender minority (e.g., Two-spirit); (5) identity not listed
  3. bRural/remote = population 1000–10,000; Town or smaller regional city = population 10,000–100,000; Major city (urban/metropolitan/suburban) = population > 100,000