Table 6. Variations in the percentage of positive responses (PPR) across individual characteristics.
| Characteristic | Safety Climate | Teamwork Climate |
Perceptions of Mgmt |
Job Satisfaction | Working Conditions |
Stress Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | * |
| Female | 57.1 (49.2, 64.9) | 49.8 (41.5, 58.0) | 45.6 (37.0, 54.1) | 64.7 (58.6, 70.9) | 43.4 (36.6, 50.2) | 33.8 (28.2, 39.4) |
| Male | 59.5 (53.8, 65.1) | 54.4 (48.3, 60.4) | 43.2 (35.7, 50.6) | 63.5 (57.1, 70.0) | 47.8 (42.7, 52.9) | 26.8 (23.4, 30.2) |
| Age | NS | * | * | NS | NS | NS |
| 18-30 | 53.9 (43.3, 64.5) | 46.0 (37.0, 54.9) | 37.3 (30.2, 44.5) | 60.7 (52.8, 68.7) | 42.7 (35.7, 49.8) | 26.1 (22.0, 30.3) |
| 31-40 | 59.9 (53.3, 66.6) | 53.3 (46.3, 60.3) | 42.7 (33.9, 51.5) | 66.3 (59.4, 73.3) | 45.1 (39.0, 51.2) | 28.6 (24.6, 32.7) |
| 41-50 | 61.8 (55.8, 67.9) | 58.7 (51.1, 66.3) | 49.4 (41.1, 57.8) | 64.1 (56.9, 71.4) | 51.0 (43.8, 58.2) | 29.8 (24.2, 35.4) |
| >50 | 60.9 (52.3, 69.5) | 57.6 (50.9, 64.4) | 52.7 (43.3, 62.2) | 62.1 (52.5, 71.6) | 51.2 (43.4, 59.0) | 32.2 (24.7, 39.7) |
| Total experience in EMS | NS | * | * | NS | NS | NS |
| <5 yrs | 63.2 (54.9, 71.5) | 52.1 (44.1, 60.1) | 46.9 (38.8, 55.0) | 66.4 (58.4, 74.5) | 47.3 (40.2, 54.5) | 29.0 (24.4, 33.6) |
| 6-10 yrs | 56.7 (48.6, 64.9) | 47.4 (40.3, 54.5) | 37.8 (29.4, 46.3) | 63.0 (55.1, 70.8) | 46.0 (38.8, 53.2) | 28.7 (24.1, 33.4) |
| 11-15 yrs | 61.6 (53.2, 70.1) | 59.0 (51.2, 66.8) | 47.0 (37.7, 56.2) | 67.3 (60.0, 74.6) | 46.8 (40.1, 53.4) | 25.9 (20.8, 31.0) |
| 16-20 yrs | 52.9 (45.1, 60.8) | 49.4 (39.0, 59.7) | 40.1 (30.9, 49.2) | 57.4 (48.7, 66.1) | 43.9 (35.6, 52.2) | 27.7 (21.1, 34.4) |
| >20 yrs | 57.2 (50.6, 63.8) | 58.8 (51.7, 65.8) | 47.4 (38.8, 56.1) | 63.0 (54.7, 71.3) | 48.5 (42.1, 54.8) | 31.7 (25.4, 38.1) |
| Years at current EMS agency | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| <5 yrs | 61.4 (54.0, 68.8) | 53.0 (46.0, 59.9) | 46.1 (37.0, 55.2) | 65.2 (58.4, 71.9) | 48.2 (41.6, 54.9) | 27.9 (23.7, 32.1) |
| 6-10 yrs | 58.3 (51.2, 65.4) | 53.9 (46.1, 61.6) | 40.8 (31.9, 49.7) | 63.9 (55.6, 72.2) | 42.6 (36.7, 48.6) | 28.9 (23.6, 34.2) |
| ≥11 yrs | 53.5 (45.9, 61.1) | 49.8 (41.7, 57.9) | 39.6 (30.9, 48.4) | 58.1 (48.9, 67.2) | 42.8 (35.8, 49.9) | 30.4 (25.3, 35.4) |
| Position type | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | NS |
| EMT-Basic | 63.5 (54.6, 72.5) | 59.0 (48.7, 69.4) | 47.4 (37.8, 56.9) | 72.6 (62.4, 82.9) | 52.1 (44.4, 59.8) | 25.1 (20.6, 29.6) |
| EMT-Intermediate | 59.6 (49.4, 69.8) | 48.9 (37.9, 60.0) | 43.6 (32.8, 54.5) | 66.0 (59.1, 72.8) | 41.9 (31.9, 52.0) | 30.9 (19.1, 42.6) |
| EMT-Paramedic | 53.7 (46.9, 60.4) | 47.9 (41.2, 54.6) | 37.7 (31.1, 44.3) | 57.8 (51.7, 63.9) | 43.1 (37.1, 49.1) | 27.7 (23.8, 31.6) |
| Prehospital RN (Nurse) | 73.2 (62.7, 83.8) | 67.7 (56.8, 78.7) | 71.7 (58.8, 84.5) | 74.8 (61.5, 88.1) | 53.5 (43.4, 63.6) | 39.4 (24.2, 54.6) |
| Other | 82.7 (72.0, 93.4) | 77.3 (66.8, 87.9) | 66.7 (53.9, 79.5) | 84.0 (76.7, 91.3) | 63.5 (52.4, 74.6) | 34.7 (23.8, 45.5) |
| Full-time status | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Career full-time | 58.2 (52.0, 64.4) | 52.1 (45.4, 58.7) | 41.9 (34.7, 49.1) | 62.9 (56.5, 69.3) | 44.9 (39.1, 50.8) | 27.8 (24.2, 31.5) |
| Part-time | 60.8 (51.0, 70.6) | 56.7 (47.2, 66.1) | 52.0 (39.7, 64.4) | 65.7 (56.2, 75.2) | 50.6 (42.8, 58.4) | 31.9 (25.4, 38.4) |
| Volunteer | 71.4 (58.0, 84.8) | 66.7 (40.8, 92.5) | 53.6 (31.0, 76.1) | 82.1 (68.8, 95.5) | 64.3 (40.2, 88.4) | 32.1 (8.6, 55.7) |
| Education | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | * |
| Some H.S., H.S. grad, or GED | 66.4 (54.5, 78.2) | 57.1 (45.2, 69.1) | 46.2 (35.1, 57.2) | 64.7 (51.9, 77.5) | 53.8 (42.4, 65.1) | 21.8 (13.5, 30.2) |
| Some college | 57.5 (51.1, 63.8) | 51.6 (45.4, 57.9) | 40.7 (34.0, 47.4) | 61.3 (54.5, 68.0) | 48.4 (43.0, 53.8) | 25.4 (21.6, 29.2) |
| College (AD or Bachelor’s) | 59.1 (52.4, 65.9) | 53.4 (46.6, 60.3) | 45.3 (37.3, 53.3) | 65.4 (58.9, 71.9) | 45.2 (39.6, 50.7) | 31.7 (27.6, 35.7) |
| College (Graduate) | 56.9 (43.7, 70.1) | 54.2 (38.3, 70.0) | 52.8 (36.4, 69.2) | 62.5 (49.2, 75.8) | 35.2 (21.8, 48.6) | 35.2 (19.9, 50.5) |
*
indicates significant differences at the p<0.05 level in the proportion of positive responses for a particular domain across different levels of a variable.
**
indicates significance at p<0.0001. NS=no significant differences identified