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Table 1 Participants

From: Collaboration with community connectors to improve primary care access for hardly reached people: a case comparison of rural Ireland and Australia

 

Australia

Ireland

TOTAL

Community informants- prominent local people likely to identify socio-cultural boundaries and connectors

17

17

34

Staff -from health services and LDC

8

11

19

Connectors -spanning a range of socio-cultural boundaries

15

17

32

Connector age

 35–65

11

12

23

 66+

4

5

9

Connector gender

 Female

13

11

24

 Male

2

6

8

Connector employment status

 Employed

10

10

20

 Retired

5

3

8

 Unemployed/sickness benefit

0

3

3

 Home duties

0

1

1

Connector length of time in community

 Entire life (with some years away for work or study)

13

8

21

 More than 15 years

0

7

7

 Less than 15 years

2

2

4