Table 1 Respondents’ sociodemographic and employment characteristics (Surveys 1 & 2)

Gender identity

n = 646

n = 456

p = 0.295

 Woman

523 (81.0%)

380 (83.3%)

 Man

112 (17.3%)

65 (14.3%)

 Prefer not to disclose/self-described

11 (1.7%)

11 (2.4%)

Age

n = 637

n = 443

p = 0.714

 Range (years)

19–76

21–71

 Mean (SD)

44.2 (11.7)

44.4 (12.3)

Country of birth

n = 638

n = 456

p = 0.764

 Australia

475 (74.5%)

344 (75.4%)

 Overseas

163 (25.5%)

112 (24.6%)

Live with dependent children

n = 643

n = 454

p = 0.448

 Yes

268 (41.7%)

178 (39.2%)

 No

375 (58.3%)

276 (60.8%)

Dependent children attend

 Child care

51 (7.5%)

37 (7.7%)

 Primary school

136 (20.0%)

92 (19.2%)

 Secondary school

144 (21.1%)

74 (15.4%)

Employment status

n = 643

n = 456

p = 0.474

 Permanent full-time

205 (31.9%)

143 (31.4%)

 Permanent part-time

257 (40.0%)

195 (42.8%)

 Fixed-term full-time

84 (13.1%)

51 (11.2%)

 Fixed-term part-time

72 (11.2%)

51 (11.2%)

 Other (casual, ‘mixture’)

5 (0.8%)

16 (3.5%)

Geographic location

n = 634

n = 449

p = 0.320

 Metropolitan

456 (71.9%)

336 (74.8%)

 Regional/rural

178 (28.1%)

113 (25.2%)

Professional role

n = 522

n = 382

p = 0.980

 Clinical

299 (57.3%)

220 (57.6%)

 Non-clinical

223 (42.7%)

162 (42.4%)

Manager of one or more employees

n = 639

n = 452

p = 0.373

 Yes

126 (19.7%)

100 (22.1%)

 No

513 (80.3%)

352 (77.9%)

Years worked in the community health sector

n = 635

n = 450

p = 0.815

 Range (years)

0–45

0–44

 Mean (SD)

9.6 (8.3)

9.5 (8.7)

Years employed at current health service

n = 631

n = 449

p = 0.634

 Range (years)

0–37

0–40

 Mean (SD)

6.3

6.1 (6.7)