Table 5. Characteristics by respondents’ sex.
AEMT: advanced emergency medical technician; EMT: emergency medical technician; GED: general education development; HS: high school; IQR: interquartile range
| Respondents’ Gender | |||
| Female n=8,728 (26.3) n (%) | Male n=24,498 (73.7) n (%) | Total n=33,226 n (%) | |
| Age (median, IQR) | 33 (26-43) | 36 (29-46) | 36 (28-46) |
| Certification level | |||
| EMT | 5,149 (59.0) | 11,650 (47.6) | 16,799 (50.6) |
| Advanced EMT | 489 (5.6) | 1,179 (4.8) | 1,668 (5.0) |
| Paramedic | 3,090 (35.4) | 11,669 (47.6) | 14,759 (44.4) |
| Race | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 7,224 (82.8) | 20,258 (82.7) | 27,482 (82.7) |
| Other races | 1,393 (16.0) | 3,863 (15.8) | 5,256 (15.8) |
| Missing | 111 | 377 | 488 |
| Education | |||
| HS/GED or below | 991 (11.4) | 3,803 (15.5) | 4,794 (14.4) |
| Some college | 2,893 (33.1) | 7,852 (32.1) | 10,745 (32.3) |
| Associates | 1,826 (20.9) | 5,208 (21.3) | 7,034 (21.2) |
| Bachelor’s or above | 3,007 (34.5) | 7,617 (31.1) | 10,624 (32.9) |
| Missing | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| Experience years (median, IQR) | 3 (2-4) | 4 (2-6) | 4 (2-6) |
| Full-time | 5,344 (61.2) | 19,523 (79.7) | 24,867 (74.8) |
| Main EMS volunteer | 1,635 (18.7) | 2,458 (10.0) | 4,093 (12.3) |
| Current EMS agency jobs | |||
| 1 job | 6,510 (74.6) | 17,627 (72.0) | 24,137 (72.6) |
| 2 or more jobs | 2,218 (25.4) | 6,871 (28.0) | 9,089 (27.4) |
| Jobs to meet ends | |||
| 1 job | 3,980 (45.6) | 11,981 (48.9) | 15,961 (48.0) |
| More than 1 job | 4,541 (52.0) | 11,674 (47.7) | 16,215 (48.8) |
| Missing | 207 | 843 | 1,050 |
| Urbanicity | |||
| Rural | 1,282 (14.7) | 2,210 (9.0) | 3,492 (10.5) |
| Urban/Suburban | 7,139 (81.8) | 21,545 (87.9) | 28,684 (86.3) |
| Missing | 307 | 743 | 1,050 |