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Table 2 Unweighted and weighted baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Surname lists to identify South Asian and Chinese ethnicity from secondary data in Ontario, Canada: a validation study

Characteristic

South Asian

Chinese

General population

Unweighted

   

   N

1,400

1,129

67,330

   Surname-derived ethnicity

   

South Asian

654

4

129

Chinese

9

899

139

General population

737

226

67,062

Weighted

   

   Proportion of the population

5.4%

4.0%

90.6%

   Sex

   

Male

54.7%

52.5%

48.4%

Female

45.3%

47.5%

51.6%

   Age

   

44 or younger

64.4%

62.6%

52.0%

45 to 64

29.2%

27.6%

31.4%

65 or older

6.4%

9.8%

16.6%

   Immigration status

   

Born in Canada

7.0%

9.6%

73.7%

Immigrant ≤10 years

47.2%

38.1%

6.0%

Immigrant 11 to 20 years

25.9%

28.3%

4.8%

Immigrant > 20 years

19.9%

24.0%

15.5%