Table 1.

Frequency table for the demographic information on respondents to mixed methods survey on ethically challenging situations encountered by veterinarians, animal health technicians and veterinary nurses globally in the COVID-19 era in 2020 (n = 540).

Demographic parameter	Category	Number	Percentage%
Gender	Female	434	80.4
	Male	102	18.9
	Other	4	0.7
Role	Veterinarian	423	78.3
	Veterinary nurse	97	18.0
	Animal health technician	11	2.0
	Other animal health professional	9	1.7
Caseload	Companion animal practice clinical	367	68.0
	Mixed animal practice clinical	38	7.0
	Academia/teaching	34	6.3
	Zoo and/or wildlife practice clinical	27	5.0
	Equine practice clinical	13	2.4
	Exotic/unusual pet practice clinical	12	2.2
	Practice management	12	2.2
	Non-government organization	10	1.9
	Scientific research/laboratory animals	8	1.5
	Government	8	1.5
	Other	5	0.9
	Industry (e.g., pharmaceutical companies, food companies)	4	0.7
	No longer working as a veterinarian	1	0.2
Hours/week	0–10	21	3.9
	11–20	31	5.7
	21–30	64	11.9
	31–40	186	34.4
	41–50	165	30.6
	50+	73	13.5
Country	Australia	319	59.1
	United States of America	125	23.1
	Canada	26	4.8
	United Kingdom	25	4.6
	New Zealand	12	2.2
	Singapore	10	1.9
	Germany	6	1.1
	China	4	0.7
	Netherlands	3	0.6
	Other*	13	2.4

^*Other included one respondent (0.2%) from each of the following countries: Austria, Belarus, Cambodia, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Lithuania, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Zimbabwe. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding to one decimal place.