Table 1.

Respondent demographics of the Dutch general public and HCW, and p-values resulting from a series of Chi-square tests that test for a difference in demographic distribution between general public and HCW for each demographic^a

Demographic	General public N = 526		Healthcare workers N = 760		p-value
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	277	52.7	376	49.5
Female	249	47.3	384	50.5
Age					<0.001
≤ 25	36	6.8	3	0.4
26 to 35	73	13.9	135	17.8
36 to 45	90	17.1	233	30.7
46 to 55	92	17.5	276	36.3
56 to 65	115	21.9	110	14.5
> 65	120	22.8	3	0.4
Parental status					<0.001
Single	107	20.3	87	11.4
Living together or married; with children	143	27.2	452	59.5
Living together or married; no children	234	44.5	188	24.7
One-parent family	12	2.3	28	3.7
Other	30	5.7	5	0.7
Children in home					<0.001
Yes	155	29.5	480	63.2
No	371	70.5	280	36.8
Nationality					<0.001
Dutch	475	90.3	750	98.7
Other	51	9.7	10	1.3
Level of education					N/T
Low	176	33.5
Intermediate	221	42.0
High	129	24.5
Works in healthcare sector					N/T
Yes	69	13.1
No	457	86.9
Profession					N/T
Nurse			446	58.7
Physician			136	17.9
Ambulance staff			92	12.1
Other			86	11.3
Years of working experience					N/T
≤ 1			29	3.8
2 to 5			165	21.7
6 to 10			169	22.2
≥ 11			397	52.2
Amount of worktime spent on topics related to Ebola					N/T
No time spent			356	46.8
≤ 25%			372	48.9
26 to 50%			18	2.4
51 to 75%			7	0.9
> 75%			7	0.9

^aIf left blank, the demographics only apply to either the general public or HCW; no Chi-square tests were performed for these demographics (as denoted by “N/T”)