Table 1.
Characteristics of PRACI members compared with workforce survey respondents that did not join PRACI (n = 1264)
| non-PRACI members (n = 500) | PRACI members (n = 764) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Mean (± SE) | Confidence interval | Mean (± SE) | Confidence interval | |
| Age (Mean ± SE) | 47.9 ± 0.5 | 46.9–48.9 | 47.8 ± 0.4 | 46.9–48.6 | 0.26 |
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 393 | 78.6% | 581 | 76.2% | 0.26 |
| Male | 107 | 21.4% | 182 | 23.9% | |
| State/Territorya | |||||
| Australian Capital Territory | 7 | 1.4% | 10 | 1.3% | 0.76 |
| New South Wales | 65 | 13.0% | 174 | 22.8% | 0.14 |
| Northern Territory | 6 | 1.2% | 4 | 0.5% | 0.08 |
| Queensland | 96 | 19.2% | 188 | 24.6% | 0.83 |
| South Australia | 26 | 5.2% | 44 | 5.8% | 0.41 |
| Tasmania | 10 | 2.0% | 21 | 2.8% | 0.99 |
| Victoria | 121 | 24.2% | 265 | 34.7% | 0.65 |
| Western Australia | 46 | 9.2% | 66 | 8.6% | 0.08 |
| Virtual | 5 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.3% | 0.62 |
| Locationa | |||||
| Urban | 404 | 80.8% | 630 | 82.5% | 0.71 |
| Rural | 120 | 24.0% | 179 | 23.4% | 0.56 |
| Remote | 8 | 1.6% | 17 | 2.2% | 0.43 |
| Very Remote | 6 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.7% | 0.76 |
| Years since first qualification | |||||
| Less than 5 years | 81 | 16.2% | 147 | 19.2% | 0.31 |
| 5 to 9 years | 75 | 15.0% | 117 | 15.3% | |
| 10 to 14 years | 95 | 19.0% | 153 | 20% | |
| 15 to 19 years | 136 | 27.2% | 175 | 22.9% | |
| 20 years or more | 113 | 22.6% | 172 | 22.5% | |
aThese figures may equal more than 100% as participants may have a practice in more than one locality