Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample, program mis-implementation, U.S. 2013-2014

Characteristic	State health department 277 n (%)a	Local health department 398 n (%)a	Other agencies combined 269 n (%)a
Age (yrs)
20-39	74 (27.0)	100 (26.2)	90 (33.6)
40-49	61 (22.3)	101 (26.4)	62 (23.1)
50-59	88 (31.8)	135 (35.3)	70 (26.1)
60 and older	51 (18.6)	46 (12.0)	46 (17.2)
Gender
Female	224 (81.2)	289 (75.7)	206 (76.9)
Male	52 (18.8)	93 (24.3)	62 (23.1)
Years worked in public health, mean (SD)	15.5 (9.9)	15.5 (9.3)	13.9 (9.9)
Highest degree
Doctoral	59 (21.6)	21 (5.5)	64 (23.8)
Master of Public Health	65 (23.8)	71 (18.7)	15 (15.6)
Other master’s degree	65 (23.8)	111 (29.3)	72 (26.8)
Nursing	17 (6.2)	56 (14.8)	17 (6.3)
Bachelor’s degree or less	67 (24.5)	120 (31.7)	101 (37.6)
Program area
Obesity, physical activity, nutrition	36 (13.0)	N/A	41 (15.2)
Tobacco	26 (13.0)	N/A	34 (12.6)
Cancer	32 (11.6)	N/A	30 (11.2)
Diabetes/cardiovascular disease	19 (6.9)	N/A	15 (5.6)
Other single primary program areab	82 (29.6)	N/A	68 (25.3)
Multiple program areasc	82 (29.6)	N/A	81 (30.1)
Population of jurisdiction d
<25,000	N/A	34 (11.1)	N/A
25,000 to 49,999	N/A	72 (23.5)	N/A
50,000 to 99,999	N/A	62 (20.2)	N/A
100,000 to 499,999	N/A	111 (36.2)	N/A
500,000 or larger	N/A	28 (9.1)	N/A
Governance structure
State governed	N/A	7 (1.8)	N/A
Locally governed	N/A	385 (96.7)	N/A
Shared governance	N/A	6 (1.5)	N/A

^aPercentages reported for valid, non-missing cases.

^bOther single primary program areas examples are maternal and child health, communicable diseases, and injury and violence prevention.

^cMultiple program areas represent respondents who selected that they primarily worked across several program areas.

^dPopulation size of health department jurisdiction was assessed only among the local health department participants in the Local Survey.