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. 2021 Dec 21;10(1):3. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10010003

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants, by setting.

Demographic Characteristics Hospital
% (n/N)
Primary Care
% (n/N)
Aged Care
% (n/N)
Total
N = 1811 N = 898 N = 365 N = 3074
Gender #
Female 88.6 (1552/1751) 77.1 (671/870) 89.8 (309/344) 85.4 (2532/2965)
Age #
18–49 59.5 (1044/1754) 50.2 (436/869) 47.8 (163/341) 55.4 (1643/2964)
50≤ 40.5 (710/1754) 49.8 (433/869) 52.2 (178/341) 44.6 (1321/2964)
Country of birth
Born in Australia 70.2 (1272/1811) 68.5 (615/898) 57.5 (210/365) 68.2 (2097/3074)
Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) #
Yes 0.5 (8/1749) 1.0 (9/860) 2.3 (8/341) 0.8 (25/2950)
Language other than English spoken at home #
Yes 13.7 (235/1717) 15.9 (134/843) 27.2 (89/327) 15.9 (458/2887)
Culturally and linguistically diverse ^^,#
Yes 33.3 (592/1780) 36.9 (324/878) 47.5 (168/354) 36.0 (1084/3012)
Occupation
Nurse 75.2 (1362/1811) 46.8 (420/898) 79.2 (289/365) 67.4 (2071/3074)
Medical Doctor 5.6 (102/1811) 7.6 (68/898) 0.3 (1/365) 5.6 (171/3074)
Pharmacist 1.2 (22/1811) 3.0 (27/898) 1.1 (4/365) 1.7 (53/3074)
Allied Health Professional 9.5 (172/1811) 6.3 (57/898) 0.8 (3/365) 7.5 (232/3074)
Personal support staff 0.2 (4/1811) 1.2 (11/898) 14.0 (51/365) 2.1 (66/3074)
Ambulance staff 0.4 (8/1811) 12.9 (116/898) 0.0 (0/365) 4.0 (124/3074)
Other 7.8 (141/1811) 22.2 (199/898) 4.7 (17/365) 11.6 (357/3074)
Employment status #
Full-time 39.2 (681/1737) 48.0 (415/864) 32.2 (109/339) 41.0 (1205/2940)
Regionality #
Regional 20.4 (328/1609) 27.6 (221/802) 42.1 (135/321) 25.0 (684/2732)
Metropolitan 79.6 (1281/1609) 72.4 (581/802) 57.9 (186/321) 75.0 (2048/2732)
Any comorbidity #
Yes 32.4 (515/1589) 33.5 (269/803) 35.5 (110/310) 33.1 (894/2702)
Has been tested for COVID #
Yes 83.0 (1494/1800) 68.0 (609/895) 84.9 (309/364) 78.8 (2412/3059)

Note: # indicates missing data; ^^ CALD = born outside Australia and/or speaks a language other than English at home.