Table 2.

Summary of work-related demographic information for the general (n = 154) and CRO (n = 268) respondents (total n = 422).

Variable	General n (%)	CRO n (%)
Years working in laboratory animal field
0–5	45 (29)	145 (54)
6–10	32 (21)	30 (11)
11–15	28 (18)	28 (11)
16–20	30 (20)	30 (11)
>20	12 (12)	35 (13)
Type of organization worked for
Academic	83 (54)	0 (0)
Hospital	24 (16)	0 (0)
Government	17 (11)	1 (0)
Contract research	6 (4)	202 (75)
Industry	8 (5)	46 (17)
Not-for-profit	9 (6)	0 (0)
Prefer not to answer	1 (1)	6 (2)
Other	6 (4)	11 (4)
Did not answer	0 (0)	2 (1)
Current Position
General animal care staff	53 (34)	67 (25)
Veterinary support	38 (25)	17 (6)
Veterinarian	27 (18)	27 (10)
Research staff	16 (10)	80 (30)
Study director	0 (0)	11 (4)
Necropsy technician/supervisor	1 (1)	29 (11)
Pathologist	1 (1)	1 (0)
Other	18 (12)	36 (13)
Years spent in current position
0–5	77 (50.0)	196 (73.1)
6–10	41 (26.6)	24 (9.0)
11–15	21 (13.6)	20 (7.5)
16–20	7 (4.6)	13 (4.9)
>20	8 (5.2)	15 (5.6)