Table 1 Interview participant characteristics

ID	Rating of CAP severity*	Admitted to hospital	Age	Sex	Marital status	Education level^†	Income^‡
P1^§	severe	Y	72	F	married	5	5
P2	moderate	N	61	M	married	4	6
P3	severe	N	79	F	widowed	4	4
P4	very severe	Y	73	M	married	8	6
P5	moderate	N	64	F	married	7	7
P6	severe	Y	81	M	married	4	4
P7	very severe	N	78	M	common law	4	refused
P8	moderate	N	70	F	widowed	7	3
P9	moderate	N	78	F	widowed	4	4
P10	severe	Y	65	M	married	4	5
P11	very severe	Y	65	M	married	6	4

* Self assessed rating using a 5-point scale from very mild to very severe (i.e. 1 = very mild; 2 = mild; 3 = moderate; 4 = severe; 5 = very severe)
^† Self reported: (4 = some high school; 5 = complete high school; 6 = some community college; 7 = completed community college; 8 = some technical school)
^‡ Total family income in the last year before deductions: (3 = 10–19,999; 4 = 20–39,999; 5 = 40–59,999; 6 = 60–79,999; 7 = over 80,000)
^§ We identified our respondents by type and number (e.g. P1 refers to the first older adult, or participant, with recent experience with pneumonia that we interviewed)

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