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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants (n = 309)

From: Determinants of emergency response responsibility perceptions in the local public health workforce after China’s health sector restructuring

Characteristics

N (%)

Provincial HII (%)

Municipal HII (%)

County/District HII (%)

P

Gender

     

 Men

171 (55.34)

31 (53.45)

43 (52.22)

93 (57.76)

0.6634

 Women

138 (44.66)

27 (46.55)

43 (47.78)

68 (42.24)

 

Age

     

 20 ~ 39

126 (40.78)

17 (29.31)

35 (38.89)

74 (45.96)

0.0965

 40 ~ 49

126 (40.78)

27 (46.55)

34 (37.78)

65 (40.37)

 

 50~

57 (18.44)

14 (24.14)

21 (23.33)

22 (13.66)

 

Education level

     

 High school or less

49 (15.86)

3 (5.17)

9 (10.00)

37 (22.98)

<.0001

 Community College

118 (38.19)

12 (20.69)

26 (28.89)

80 (49.69)

 

 College/graduate

142 (45.95)

43 (74.14)

55 (61.11)

44 (27.33)

 

Education Background

     

 Public health

49 (15.86)

32 (55.17)

49 (54.44)

81 (50.31)

0.7030

 Clinical Medicine

118 (38.19)

12 (20.69)

25 (27.78)

41 (25.47)

 

 Others

142 (45.95)

14 (24.14)

16 (17.78)

39 (24.22)

 

Department

     

 Medical Institutions/Disease/Mother & Care

Infectious Baby

55 (17.80)

12 (20.69)

23 (25.56)

20 (12.42)

0.1466

 Food Hygiene/School Health Surveillance

83 (26.86)

17 (29.31)

19 (21.11)

47 (29.19)

 

 Public facilities/cosmetics/drinking water

75 (24.27)

12 (20.69)

20 (22.22)

43 (26.71)

 

 Occupational/radiation

46 (14.88)

8 (13.79)

15 (16.67)

23 (14.29)

 

 Administrative Enforcement

32 (10.36)

3 (5.17)

11 (12.22)

18 (11.18)

 

 Information Management/other

18 (5.83)

6 (10.34)

2 (2.22)

10 (6.21)

 

Work Experience in CDC

   

 Yes

166 (53.72)

32 (55.17)

29 (32.22)

105 (65.22)

<.0001

 No

143 (46.28)

26 (44.83)

61 (67.78)

56 (34.78)

 

PHE Training/Drills

    

 Yes

187 (50.49)

18 (31.03)

53 (58.89)

116 (72.05)

<.0001

 No

122 (49.51)

40 (68.97)

37 (41.11)

45 (27.95)

 

Public health emergency Response Experience

   

 Yes

156 (50.49)

26 (44.83)

51 (56.67)

79 (49.07)

0.3250

 No

153 (49.51)

32 (55.17)

39 (43.33)

82 (50.93)

 

Total

309