TABLE 1—

Demographic Characteristics of Respondents for Interview and Survey Stages: Budget- and Priority-Setting Criteria at State Health Agencies, United States, 2011

	Interview Stage Total			Survey Stage Total
Characteristics	Division Director	Executive	Total	Division Director	Executive	Total
No. of respondents	18	24	45	111	86	207
Gender
Female	11	11	23	53%	41%	48%
Male	7	13	22	38%	48%	42%
No response				9%	10%	10%
Experience, y
Mean time in position	3.6	4.6	4.2	4.9	4.7	4.8
Median time in position	3.0	3.5	3.0	4.0	3.0	3.5

Note. Executive and Division Director columns may not add to total as other nonexecutive or division director staffers (i.e., legislative liaisons) were included in the total number of respondents.