A national survey of pharmacists and interns in Aotearoa New Zealand: provision and views of extended services in community pharmacies

Table 2 Demographics

	Pharmacists		Interns
	n = 553		n = 59
Gender (column %)
Female	67	(66^a)	75	(67^b)
Male	33	(34 ^a)	23	(33^b)
Did not answer	< 1		2
Age (column %)^c
< 25 years	8		86
25–34 years	31		13
35–44 years	17		0
45–54 years	19		0
55–64 years	17		0
65+ years	5		0
Did not answer	3		2
Ethnicity (%; multiple responses allowed)
New Zealand European	68	(56^d)	39	(30^e)
Māori	4	(1^d)	4	(4^e)
Pacific	< 1	(1^d)	0	(1^e)
Asian	27	(26^d)	64	(41^e)
Other	4	(16^d)	2	(18^e)
Did not answer	< 1		0	(6^e)
Years working as a pharmacist (column %)
0 - < 5	21
5 - < 10	17
10 - < 20	20		NA
20 - < 30	16
30 - < 40	19
40+	8
Likely to leave community or primary health care pharmacy within the next 5 years (column %)
Yes	37		34
No	62		66
Did not answer	1		0

Notes: a) 2018 workforce demographic data [40] b) 2018 intern year group (D. Wallace, PSNZ, private communication) c) no comparable workforce data available; d) 2018 workforce demographic data (primary ethnicity only) [40]; e) 2018 intern year group (primary ethnicity only) (D. Wallace, PSNZ, private communication; f) Of the 553 pharmacists answering the survey, 8.1% had left the survey before the section on demographics

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