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. 2021 Sep 8;11(9):2639. doi: 10.3390/ani11092639

Table 1.

Participants gender, age and reported working years and hours-per-week by job category. Data are expressed as total numbers or mean ± SD.

Job Category Gender Age (Years) Working Directly with
Laboratory Animals
Male (Cis/Trans) Female (Cis/Trans) Prefer Not to Say Years Hours/Week
Animal-Facility Personnel Welfare officer and/or veterinarian 19 42 1 46.1 ± 9.2 16.8 ± 8.9 22 ± 13
Caretaker or technician 24 72 1 38.7 ± 10 10.8 ± 7.3 33 ± 13
Researchers Principal investigator 25 42 2 46.8 ± 9.2 19.4 ± 8.9 8 ± 10
Investigator 39 62 2 38.4 ± 8.5 12.5 ± 8.1 8 ± 8
Research technician 16 48 4 36.3 ± 8.4 10.7 ± 8.1 16 ± 13
PhD student 28 69 2 26.9 ± 2.1 3.2 ± 1.9 10 ± 9