Table 3.

Education and Employment of Participants

Variable	N	%
Education (n = 510)
Associate degree or equivalent	14	2.7
Baccalaureate or equivalent	70	13.7
Master’s degree or equivalent	206	40.4
PhD/MD or equivalent	208	40.8
Other	12	2.4
Education Background (n = 506)
Clinical Psychology	194	38.3
Counseling Psychology	38	7.5
Counseling/Psychotherapy	6	1.2
Dietitian/Nutrition	101	20.0
Medicine	47	9.3
Nursing	54	10.7
Occupational Therapy	6	1.2
Psychology	12	2.4
Public Health	7	1.4
Social Work	27	5.3
Other	14	2.8
Primary Area of Expertise (n = 508)
Body Image	15	3.0
Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating	322	63.4
General Psychiatry/Mental Health	68	13.4
Nutrition/Diet/Food	43	8.5
Obesity	13	2.6
Prevention/Policy	10	2.0
Primary Care	15	3.0
Other	22	4.3
Primary Title (n = 507)
Clinician	323	63.7
Director or Executive	4	0.8
Faculty	59	11.6
Graduate Student	62	12.2
Postdoctoral Fellow/Scholar	17	3.4
Researcher/Research Assistant	23	4.5
Other	19	3.7
Primary Role (n = 504)
Administrative	31	6.2
Clinical	327	64.9
Education	35	6.9
Research	98	19.4
Other	13	2.6
Location of Work2 (n = 491)
Rural	38	7.7
Sub-Urban	107	21.8
Urban	346	70.5
Client Population1
Adolescent	326	63.7
Adult	375	73.2
Child	152	29.7
Older Adult	114	22.3
Young Adult	276	53.9

Note:

¹Individuals may have more than one response.

²Rural, Sub-Urban, and Urban were not defined for respondents.

PhD = Doctor of Philosophy; MD = Doctor of Medicine