TABLE 1. Demographic and Workforce Characteristics of BCHC Staff in 2017.
| Estimate (95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 24% (21%-27%) |
| Female | 75% (73%-77%) |
| Nonbinary | 1% (1%-1%) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% (0%-1%) |
| Asian | 12% (8%-19%) |
| Black or African American | 22% (16%-29%) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26% (20%-32%) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 1% (0%-1%) |
| White | 32% (23%-44%) |
| ≥2 races | 7% (6%-7%) |
| Age | |
| Up to 25 y | 3% (2%-4%) |
| 26-35 y | 22% (18%-25%) |
| 36-45 y | 27% (27%-29%) |
| 46-55 y | 27% (26%-29%) |
| 56-65 y | 21% (19%-24%) |
| 66-75 y | 3% (3%-4%) |
| ≥76 y | 0% (0%-0%) |
| Job classification | |
| Administrative/clerical | 35% (30%-40%) |
| Clinical and Lab | 23% (21%-26%) |
| Public Health Sciences | 33% (29%-37%) |
| Social Sciences and All Other | 9% (7%-11%) |
| Program area | |
| Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention | 5% (4%-6%) |
| Communicable Disease | 12% (11%-14%) |
| Environmental Health | 11% (8%-15%) |
| Maternal/Child Health | 11% (7%-17%) |
| Other Health Care | 8% (6%-10%) |
| All Hazards | 1% (1%-2%) |
| Assessment | 8% (6%-10%) |
| Communications | 4% (3%-5%) |
| Organizational Competencies | 13% (10%-16%) |
| Other | 28% (26%-30%) |
| Supervisory status | |
| Nonsupervisor | 73% (71%-76%) |
| Supervisor | 16% (14%-18%) |
| Manager | 8% (6%-11%) |
| Executive | 2% (2%-3%) |
| Tenure in current position | |
| 0-5 y | 59% (55%-63%) |
| 6-10 y | 16% (14%-17%) |
| 11-15 y | 10% (9%-11%) |
| 16-20 y | 8% (7%-10%) |
| ≥21 y | 7% (5%-8%) |
| Tenure in current agency | |
| 0-5 y | 43% (38%-48%) |
| 6-10 y | 17% (16%-18%) |
| 11-15 y | 14% (12%-15%) |
| 16-20 y | 13% (11%-14%) |
| ≥21 y | 14% (12%-17%) |
| Tenure in public health practice | |
| 0-5 y | 30% (27%-34%) |
| 6-10 y | 18% (16%-20%) |
| 11-15 y | 15% (14%-16%) |
| 16-20 y | 14% (13%-16%) |
| ≥21 y | 22% (20%-25%) |
| Tenure in management | |
| 0-5 y | 31% (26%-35%) |
| 6-10 y | 22% (19%-25%) |
| 11-15 y | 19% (16%-21%) |
| 16-20 y | 14% (11%-17%) |
| ≥21 y | 15% (13%-17%) |
| Educational attainment | |
| No college degree | 16% (14%-19%) |
| Associate | 11% (9%-12%) |
| Bachelor's | 36% (33%-39%) |
| Master's | 31% (29%-33%) |
| Doctoral | 6% (5%-7%) |
| Any degree in public health | |
| (Any level) | 19% (17%-21%) |
| Bargaining unit/union | |
| Yes | 51% (39%-63%) |
| No | 49% (37%-61%) |
| Full-time position | |
| Yes | 95% (92%-97%) |
| No | 5% (3%-8%) |
Abbreviations: BCHC, Big Cities Health Coalition; CI, confidence interval.