Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Study Sample, Percent with Characteristic
| Full Study Sample (931) | Nurses (597)* | Physicians (328)* | |
| SEX^ | |||
| Female | 77.6% (722) | 97.5% (582) | 42.1% (138) |
| Male | 21.8% (203) | 2.0% (12) | 57.9% (190) |
| Missing | 0.6% (6) | --- | 0 |
| AGE^(years) | |||
| 20–29 | 6.9% (64) | 9.4% (56) | 2.1% (7) |
| 30–39 | 24.9% (232) | 24.1% (144) | 26.8% (88) |
| 40–49 | 33.1% (308) | 32.0% (191) | 35.7% (117) |
| 50–59 | 28.8% (268) | 28.6% (171) | 29.0% (95) |
| 60+ | 5.6% (52) | 5.2% (31) | 6.4% (21) |
| Missing | 0.8% (7) | --- | 0 |
| CURRENT AREA OF PRACTICE^ | |||
| Family Medicine | 32.2% (300) | 9.2% (55) | 74.4% (244) |
| Emergency Medicine | 21.2% (197) | 27.1% (162) | 10.4% (34) |
| Public Health | 17.8% (166) | 27.1% (162) | --- |
| OB/gyn/newborn | 22.6% (210) | 30.0% (179) | 9.1% (30) |
| Retired + other+ | 4.0% (37) | 5.4% (32) | 1.5% (5) |
| Missing | 2.3% (21) | 1.2% (7) | 4% (13) |
| ANY DISCLOSURES^ | |||
| Never | 23.1% (215) | 31.2% (186) | 7.9% (26) |
| None this year | 10.3% (96) | 11.9% (71) | 7.6% (25) |
| Less than 20 this year | 63.1% (587) | 53.8% (321) | 80.2% (263) |
| 20 or more this year | 2.5% (23) | 1.8% (11) | 3.7% (12) |
| Missing | 1.1% (10) | 1.8% (8) | --- |
| FORMAL IPV TRAINING | |||
| No | 61.5% (573) | 62.0% (370) | 60.7% (199) |
| Yes | 36.7% (342) | 36.3% (217) | 37.5% (123) |
| Missing | 1.7% (16) | 1.7% (10) | 1.8% (6) |
| RESPONDENT, FRIEND, OR RELATIVE EXPERIENCE^ | |||
| No | 49.7% (463) | 45.4% (271) | 57.3% (188) |
| Yes | 48.4% (451) | 52.9% (316) | 40.9% (134) |
| Missing | 1.8% (17) | 1.7% (10) | 1.8% (6) |
| CALLED CAS^ | |||
| No | 61.5% (573) | 66.8% (399) | 52.4% (172) |
| Yes | 36.3% (338) | 31.0% (185) | 46.0% (151) |
| Missing | 2.1% (20) | 2.2% (13) | 1.5% (5) |
| CALLED POLICE | |||
| No | 81.2% (756) | 81.6% (487) | 80.5% (264) |
| Yes | 17.6% (164) | 17.4% (104) | 18.3% (60) |
| Missing | 1.2% (11) | 1.0% (6) | --- |
* 6 did not indicate if they were a physician or a nurse; the number in the parenthesis is the sample size; ---: proportion suppressed, based on fewer than 5 observations; OB/gyn/newborn: Obstetrics/gynaecology/care of newborns; IPV: intimate partner violence;+ : includes those who, at the time of the survey, worked in paediatrics, psychiatry, cardiac care, oncology, critical care and other areas; CAS: Children's Aid Society; ^: Z-tests indicate a statistically significant difference between Nurses and Physicians, p < 0.05