TABLE 1. Demographic and Workforce Characteristics of BCHC Staff in 2017.
Estimate (95% CI) | |
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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.