Table 4.
Demographic characteristics of the CDC emergency responders sampled from 16 district-level CDCs in Shanghai (N = 1,286).
| Variables | N (%) | Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Title | ||
| Male | 543 (42.22) | High level | 14 (1.09) |
| Female | 743 (57.78) | Vice high level | 119 (9.25) |
| Age (years) | Middle level | 536 (41.68) | |
| ≤ 30 | 491 (38.18) | Junior level | 395 (30.72) |
| 31–40 | 483 (37.56) | Untitled | 219 (17.03) |
| 41–50 | 238 (18.51) | Others | 3 (0.23) |
| > 50 | 74 (5.75) | Position | |
| Academic qualification | Head of the institution | 5 (0.39) | |
| Postgraduate | 368 (28.62) | Head of the department | 187 (14.54) |
| Undergraduate | 840 (65.32) | Common staff | 1,094 (85.07) |
| Junior college | 50 (3.89) | Working tenure (years) | |
| High school/ Secondary technical school and below | 28 (2.17) | ≤ 5 | 507 (39.42) |
| Major | 6–10 | 270 (21.00) | |
| Preventive medicine | 1,022 (79.47) | 11–15 | 185 (14.39) |
| Clinical medicine | 47 (3.65) | 16–20 | 150 (11.66) |
| Basic medicine | 25 (1.95) | > 20 | 174 (13.53) |
| Medical laboratory technology | 93 (7.23) | ||
| Health management | 32 (2.49) | ||
| Others | 67 (5.21) |