Table 1.

Study participant characteristics ^a .

Variable	Response Category	% Worker Respondents (n = 395, 61%)	% Mgr/OHS Respondents (n = 250, 39%)
Age category	18–34	17.0	14.8
	35–44	23.3	25.2
	45 or above	59.2	60.0
Sex	Male	59.2	49.6
	Female	40.2	50.4
Tenure in organization	<1 year	14.2	12.8
	1–5 years	30.6	26.4
	6–10 years	18.0	18.0
	>10 years	36.5	42.8
Organization size	1–5 staff	40.0	39.6
	6–50 staff	8.9	9.6
	50–100 staff	42.5	40.8
	100+ staff	7.6	10.0
Employment status	Contract part time	6.1	2.0
	Contract full time	10.4	9.6
	Permanent part time	8.1	7.6
	Permanent full time	66.8	76.8
	Other	7.8	4.0
Employment role	Staff/employee	33.2	12.4
	Manager/supervisor/human resources	5.8	37.2
	OHS personnel/disability management	5.1	20.8
	Union/labour representative	27.3	12.8
	Other	2.0	1.2
Tenure in role	<1 year	13.7	13.1
	1–5 years	36.2	30.8
	6–10 years	18.5	24.4
	>10 years	30.6	31.2
Sectorik	Construction	19.2	13.2
	Forestry	10.1	9.6
	Health care and social assistance	8.4	11.6
	Professional, scientific and technical services	6.6	4.8
	Finance/insurance/real estate	5.8	6.8
	Educational services	4.8	6.0
	Utilities	3.8	5.2
	Transportation and warehousing	3.3	3.2
	Retail	3.0	2.8
	Manufacturing	1.8	4.0
	Food/accommodation	2.5	1.2
	Other b	17.7	18.4
Province c	Newfoundland and labrador	95.2	96.4
	Other provinces	4.8	3.6

^aAll but 1 interview participant also completed the survey, characteristics described separately in text.

^bIncludes responses entered as ‘other’ and combines sectors where the size was too small to report.

^cThe survey was targeted to Newfoundland and Labrador workplaces but there were also respondents from other provinces as they may live in Newfoundland and Labrador but work outside of the province.