Table 2.

Participant characteristics (N=32).

Variable		n (%)
Gender
	Male	31 (97)
	Female	1 (3)
Age (band)
	10-20	4 (12)
	21-30	6 (19)
	31-40	11 (34)
	41-50	4 (12)
	51-60	7 (23)
Highest level of education
	Secondary school	3 (9)
	Still at school	3 (9)
	College/university degree (eg, BSc, BA)	8 (25)
	Studying as an undergraduate student	2 (6)
	Master’s university degree (eg, MA, MSc)	6 (19)
	Doctorate/professional degree (eg, PhD, MD)	10 (31)
Employment
	Yes-full time	20 (62)
	Yes-part time	5 (16)
	No	6 (19)
	Retired	1 (3)
Currently working in a health-related field
	No	17 (53)
	Yes	15 (47)
Wikipedia editing history
	<6 months	1 (3)
	<1 year	3 (9)
	1-2 years	5 (16)
	3-5 years	8 (25)
	5-8 years	10 (31)
	≥8 years	5 (16)
Health-related pages edited
	<10	5 (16)
	Approximately 10-20	5 (16)
	Approximately 20-30	1 (3)
	Approximately 30-50	2 (6)
	Approximately 50-100	5 (16)
	>100	14 (44)
Types of edits
	Mainly minor	9 (28)
	Mainly major	5 (16)
	Both	18 (56)