Table 1.
Public safety personnel demographics.
|
Total %
(n)a |
Survey completer
% (n)b |
Non completer
% (n)c |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Women | 25.7 (66) | 36.8 (7) | 23.9 (28) |
| Men | 48.5 (35) | 42.1 (8) | 49.6 (58) |
| Age | |||
| 18–29 | 5.9 (8) | - | 6.8 (8) |
| 30–39 | 32.4 (44) | 26.3 (5) | 33.3 (39) |
| 40–49 | 29.4 (40) | 26.3 (5) | 29.9 (35) |
| 50–59 | 6.6 (9) | 26.3 (5) | 3.4 (4) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 9.6 (13) | - | 11.1 (13) |
| Married/Common-Law | 57.4 (78) | 68.4 (13) | 55.6 (65) |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 5.9 (8) | 5.3 (1) | 6.0 (7) |
| Province of residence | |||
| Alberta | 41.2 (56) | 57.9 (11) | 38.5 (45) |
| Ontario | 26.5 (36) | - | 30.8 (36) |
| Saskatchewan | 6.6 (9) | 21.1 (4) | 4.3 (5) |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 7.4 (10) | 15.8 (3) | 6.0 (7) |
| Some postsecondary (less than 4-year college/university program) | 42.6 (58) | 21.1 (4) | 46.2 (54) |
| University degree/4-year college or higher | 22.1 (30) | 31.6 (6) | 20.5 (24) |
| Public safety personnel category | |||
| Firefighters | 33.8 (46) | 15.8 (3) | 36.8 (43) |
| Paramedics | 18.4 (25) | 21.1 (4) | 17.9 (21) |
| Municipal/provincial police | 5.9 (8) | 10.5 (2) | 5.1 (6) |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 5.1 (7) | 5.3 (1) | 5.1 (6) |
| Crown prosecutors | 8.1 (11) | 15.8 (3) | 6.8 (8) |
| Total sample | 100 (136) | 100 (19) | 100 (117) |
a
Total percentages may not sum to 100 and ns may not sum to 136 due to non-response or responding “other”.
b
Total percentages may not sum to 100 and ns may not sum to 19 due to non-response or responding “other”.
c
Total percentages may not sum to 100 and ns may not sum to 117 due to non-response or responding “other”.