Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the participating regional district managers at baseline.
| Characteristic | Overall Sample |
|---|---|
| N | 1113 |
| Years working for state DOT | 19.77 (9.33) |
| Involvement in making decisions about workplace safety/health policy, procedures, and training (mean = 3.56, sd = 1.12) All/most of the time Some of time Rarely/never |
50.5% 33.3% 16.2% |
| Working outdoors Mostly outdoors Outdoors and indoors equally Mostly indoors Hours spend working outdoors in a typical week In summer ((April to October) In winter (November to March) |
24.9% 41.6% 33.5% 17.18 (12.15) 13.41 (11.52) |
| Innovativeness I am frequently asked to give my opinion concerning safety and health of employees by other people (innovativeness)1 |
3.41 (1.10) |
| Cosmopolite-ness Regularly read any printed or online publications for professionals in your field Yes No/don't know Attended a statewide, regional, national, or international professional conference for your organization in the past 5 years Yes No/don't know |
58.6% 41.4% 67.9% 32.1% |
| Tanning desirability (I think I look better with a tan) | 3.24 (0.90) |
| Age (mean, SD years) | 48.88 (8.46) |
| Education2 High school graduate or less Education beyond high school 4-year college graduate or more |
21.9% 34.7% 43.4% |
| Skin type Always burn and unable to tan Usually burns but can tan if work at it Sometimes mildly burns and then tans easily Rarely burns and tans easily |
4.9% 19.5% 44.9% 30.7% |
| Skin cancer history Yes No/don't know |
10.2% 89.8% |
| Hispanic ethnicity Hispanic/Latino Not Hispanic/Latino |
5.6% 94.4% |
| Race/ethnicity American Indian/Alaska Native Asian Black/African American Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander White More than 1 race |
1.5% 1.0% 5.2% 0.0% 91.1% 1.2% |
| Gender Male Female Other |
91.5% 8.5% 0.0% |
1
Education beyond high school includes technical or vocational education beyond high school, some college education, or two-year college graduate.
2
1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree.