Table 3.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the interviewees.

Characteristic		Number	Percent (n = 105 = 100%, Rounded)
Sex	Male	42	40
	Female	63	60
Age	Younger than 21	0	0
	21–29 years	21	20
	30–39 years	33	31
	40–49 years	21	20
	50–59 years	19	18
	60–69 years	10	10
	70 years and older	1	1
Permanent residence	Africa	1	1
	Asia	5	5
	Australia/Oceania	3	3
	Europe	79	75
	North America	16	15
	South America	0	0
	No answer	1	1
Native language	English	23	22
	Not English	82	78
Expertise *	Burden of Disease	29	27.6
	Chemistry	8	7.6
	Epidemiology	54	51.4
	Medicine	10	9.5
	Mercury	6	5.7
	Politics	3	2.9
	Public Health	59	56.2
	Toxicology	6	5.7
	Others	19	18.1
	No expertise	3	2.9
	No answer	1	1.0
Occupation *	Medical doctor	11	10.5
	Policy maker	3	2.9
	Scientist	82	58.6
	Others	16	15.2
	No occupation	1	1.0
	No answer	0	0.0
Seen someone suffering from mercury intoxication	Yes	10	9.5
	No	94	89.5
	No information	1	1.0
Participants Who Opened the Link to the Survey: 140
Participants Who Agreed to Take Part: 138
Participants Who Answered the Survey Completely: 105

* Multiple answers possible.