The Impacts and Vulnerabilities for People Living with Spinal Cord Injury and Their Service Systems of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Queensland, Australia

Table 1

Demographic information for online survey respondents (n = 34).

Characteristics	n	% (rounded)
Sex
Male	18	53
Female	16	47
Age
Mean age: 52 years (range: 25–76 years)
Mean age at injury: 32 years (range: 0–57 years)
Mean years post-injury: 20 years (range: 1–76 years)
Level of injury
Paraplegia	21	62
Tetraplegia	13	38
Cause of injury
Traumatic	20	59
Nontraumatic	14	41
Relationship status
Married/de facto relationship	16	47
Never married	10	29
Divorced/widowed	8	24
Living arrangement
Living at home with family	20	59
Living at home alone	11	32
Other	3	9
Employment status^a
Full-time	2	6
Part-time	6	18
Casual	4	12
Unemployed	6	18
Self-employed	1	3
Volunteer	5	15
Retired	6	18
Home duties	4	12

Note: ^aTotal > 100% due to rounding on small percentages.