TABLE V.

Demographic and Occupation Characteristics of Core Module Respondents

Characteristica	(n) %
Genderb	(10,566)
Male	28
Female	72
Racec	(10,420)
White	91
Black	4
Asian	5
Other	2
Ethnicity	(10,527)
Hispanic	3
Ageb	(10,373)
18–25 years	1
26–40 years	18
41–55 years	46
56–70 years	34
>70 years	1
Educationb	(10,509)
Grade 12 or less	3
Vocational certificate	7
Associate's degree	22
Bachelor's degree	28
Master's degree	22
Doctoral degree/plus	17
Percent of time spent in direct patient care (n)b	(10,749)
76–100%	70
51–75%	13
26–50%	6
1–25%	7
No direct patient care	5
Time in current occupation (n)b	(10,722)
<1 year	3
1–5 years	17
6–10 years	15
11–20 years	25
>20 years	40
Time with current employer (n)b	(10,753)
<1 year	7
1–5 years	28
6–10 years	20
11–20 years	22
>20 years	23
Employer industry category (n)b	(10,773)
Ambulatory healthcare services	27
Hospital	70
Nursing and residential care	1
Social assistance/services	2
Size of employer (n)b	(10,712)
1–9	12
10–99	22
100–249	9
250–1,000	24
>1,000	33
Employer ownership type (n)b	(10,591)
For profit	44
Non-profit	44
City, county, district, state, fed gov't	9
Other	3

^aPercents based on number of respondents to individual questions (i.e., number of eligible respondents less number who chose not to answer question).

^bPercents may not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding.

^cPercents may add to more than 100% because respondents could select more than one answer.