Table 3.
Characteristics of the environmental public health workforce
| Total (n = 129) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gender, female N (%) | 83 (64) | |
| Age, yrs (SD) | 46.1 (±10.2) | |
| Number of years in current job (%) | ||
| <1 year | 6 (5) | |
| 1–5 years | 47 (36) | |
| 6–10 year | 42 (33) | |
| > 10 year | 34 (26) | |
| Working hours/week hrs (SD) | 30 (±7.1) | |
| Working hours/week environmental public health hrs (SD) | 22 (±11.4) | |
| Education N (%) | ||
| ≤Senior secondary vocational education and training | 2 (2) | |
| Professional eduction, applied science | 24 (19) | |
| University level | 65 (50) | |
| Post university level | 38 (29) | |
| Physicians N (%) | 28 (22) | |
| Environmental public health physician | 10 (8) | |
| General public health physician | 10 (8) | |
| Physician | 8 (6) | |
| Organizational setting N (%)a | ||
| Local public health service | 118 (92) | |
| National | 8 (6) | |
| Municipality | 4 (3) | |
| University | 3 (2) | |
| Other | 3 (2) | |
| Special training for Environmental Public Health n (%) | ||
| Yes | 92 (71) | |
| No | 37 (29) | |
aMultiple work settings per person are possible