Table 4.

Demographic details.

Dimension	Total sample (%) n = 260	IT in IT sector (%) n = 158	IT in Non-IT sector (%) n = 102
Gender
Female	105 (40.38%)	58 (36.71%)	47 (46.08%)
Male	155 (59.62%)	100 (63.29%)	55 (53.92%)
Age (years)
<25	51 (19.62%)	26 (16.46%)	25 (24.51%)
26–30	88 (33.85%)	53 (33.54%)	35 (34.31%)
31–35	50 (19.23%)	36 (22.78%)	14 (13.73%)
36–40	44 (16.92%)	27 (17.09%)	17 (16.67%)
41–45	11 (4.23%)	8 (5.06%)	3 (2.94%)
>45	16 (6.15%)	8 (5.06%)	8 (7.84%)
Graduate qualification
High vocational	2 (0.77%)	0 (0%)	2 (1.96%)
Bachelor degree	191 (73.46%)	116 (73.42%)	75 (73.53%)
Master degree	63 (24.23%)	38 (24.05%)	25 (24.51%)
Doctoral degree	4 (1.54%)	4 (2.53%)	0 (0%)
Study major
Engineer	41 (15.77%)	29 (18.35%)	12 (11.76%)
IT/Computer/SE	152 (58.46%)	98 (62.03%)	54 (52.94%)
Management/Accounting	35 (13.46%)	15 (9.49%)	20 (19.61%)
Science	18 (6.92%)	9 (5.70%)	9 (8.82%)
Other	14 (5.38%)	7 (4.43%)	7 (6.86%)
IT experience (years)
<1	17 (6.54%)	7 (4.43%)	10 (9.80%)
1–3	60 (23.08%)	38 (24.05%)	26 (25.49%)
4–6	53 (20.38%)	18 (11.39%)	7 (6.86%)
7–9	41 (15.77%)	32 (20.25%)	28 (27.45%)
10–12	25 (9.62%)	36 (22.78%)	17 (16.67%)
>12	64 (24.62%)	27 (17.09%)	14 (13.73%)
Career groups
Digital Content/Internet/SEO/Marketing	29 (11.15%)	12 (7.59%)	17 (16.67%)
Hardware/Network	24 (9.23%)	15 (9.49%)	9 (8.82%)
IT Auditing/Testing/QA	13 (5.00%)	11 (6.96%)	2 (1.96%)
MIS	80 (30.77%)	52 (32.91%)	28 (27.45%)
Programming	101 (38.85%)	63 (39.87%)	38 (37.25%)
Web Design/Graphic	13 (5.00%)	5 (3.16%)	8 (7.84%)
Mentor experience with (new staff/IT student)
Yes/No	120 (46.15%)	74 (46.84%)	46 (45.10%)
Yes/Yes	140 (53.85%)	84 (53.16%)	56 (54.90%)

Note: n = participant numbers.