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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 26.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Oct 25;15(12):1268–1274. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00282.x

Table 1.

Staff Characteristics Reported in Staff Survey

Staff Characteristics n %
Age (years)
 18–29 648 19
 30–39 1,328 38
 40–49 931 27
 50–59 517 15
 ≥60 60 2
Gender
 Female 2,120 64
 Male 1,355 36
Ethnicity
 Latino/Hispanic 163 5
Race*
 White 2,730 80
 African American 233 7
 Asian 267 8
 Other 194 6
Occupation
 Attending 776 19
 Resident 619 16
 Nurse practitioner 32 1
 Nurse 1,805 55
 Physician assistant 88 3
 Other 169 7
Years worked
 0 to <3 1,123 32
 3 to <5 698 20
 5 to <10 738 22
 ≥10 913 26
Hours/week worked
 0 to <30 772 22
 30 to <40 1,268 37
 40 to <50 768 23
 ≥50 656 18
Feel safe
 Never 78 2
 Rarely 200 6
 Sometimes 639 19
 Most of the time 2,150 61
 Always 451 12
*

Respondents were allowed to select multiple categories.

Other includes answer choices marked as American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, and other.

Weighted for sample design and nonresponse.