Table 2.
Summary characteristics of respondents and non-respondents
| All survey respondents (n = 196) | Information-seeking: included (n = 170) |
Information-seeking: not included (n = 26) |
Recognition of expertise: included (n = 158) | Friendship: included (n = 120) | The whole department * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gender |
female (%) |
176 (89.8%) |
153 (90%) |
23 (88.5%) |
141 (89.2%) |
108 (90%) |
90% |
|
Years of work experience in public health: mean(SD) |
|
10.3 (9) |
10.7 (8.7) |
7.2 (6.6)* |
10.7 (9) |
10.5 (9) |
~7 years |
|
Highest degree earned |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Diploma/certificate |
27 (13.8%) |
21 (12.4%) |
6 (23.1%) |
20 (12.7%) |
17 (14.2%) |
No information available |
| |
Baccalaureate |
125 (63.8%) |
106 (62.4%) |
19 (73.1%) |
99 (62.7%) |
72 (60%) |
No information available |
| |
Master |
42 (21.4%) |
41 (24.1%) |
1 (3.8%) |
37 (23.4%) |
30 (25%) |
No information available |
| |
Doctorate |
2 (1%) |
2 (1.2%) |
0 |
2 (1.3%) |
1 (0.8%) |
No information available |
|
Division |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
#1 |
71 (36.2%) |
57 (33.5%) |
11 (42.3%) |
55 (34.8%) |
41 (34.2%) |
184 (29%) |
| |
#2 |
19 (9.7%) |
17 (10%) |
2 (7.7%) |
16 (10.1%) |
12 (10%) |
93 (14%) |
| |
Office of the Medical Officer of Health |
11 (5.6%) |
11 (6.5%) |
0 |
11 (7%) |
10 (8.3%) |
19 (3%) |
| |
#4 |
47 (24%) |
42 (24.7%) |
6 (23.1%) |
40 (25.3%) |
31 (25.8%) |
176 (27%) |
| |
#5 |
48 (24.5%) |
43 (25.3%) |
7 (26.9%) |
36 (22.8%) |
26 (21.7%) |
170 (26%) |
|
Job titles (response rate %) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Associate medical officer of health, director |
4 (57%) |
4 (57%) |
0 |
3 (43%) |
3 (43%) |
7 |
| |
Manager |
15 (83%) |
15 (83%) |
0 |
13 (72%) |
12 (67%) |
18 |
| |
Supervisor |
27 (48%) |
27 (48%) |
0 |
26 (46%) |
12 (21%) |
56 |
| |
‘professional consultants’ |
12 (60%) |
12 (60%) |
0 |
11 (55%) |
11 (55%) |
20 |
| |
epidemiologist |
3 (100%) |
3 (100%) |
0 |
3 (100%) |
2 (66%) |
3 |
| |
Practitioners (e.g. Public Health Nurse, Health Promotion Officer, Registered Dietician, Nutritionist, Public Health Inspector) |
121 (26%) |
98 (21%) |
23 (5%) |
92 (20%) |
70 (15%) |
461* |
| Administrative support | 14 (13%) | 11 (10%) | 3 (3%) | 10 (9%) | 10 (9%) | 110* |
* the information for this column was obtained from a departmental report, which included contract staff as well as full time employees. However, only full time staff were included in this study. Therefore, the numbers in this column does not add up to 620.