3.5. Relationship of Demographic and Disability Characteristics
tetraplegia, paraplegia
TETRAPLEGIA, PARAPLEGIA
We evaluated if the sample demographics (e.g., Injury Level) influenced sentiment ratings. Chi-square analyses were conducted on the categorical variables (Employment, Education, Race, Injury Level [paraplegia or tetraplegia]), and an ANOVA was conducted on the continuous variables (Age, Time Since Injury). These analyses were conducted across all sentiment ratings and then repeated by collapsing ratings into two groups (negative impact versus all other sentiment ratings). No significant differences were found between the demographic variables and the sentiment ratings.