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Table 1 Respondent demographics

From: Barriers to infection prevention and control in long-term care/assisted living settings in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

  

Primary Workplace (% of workplace group)

  

Characteristic

Full Cohort

Acute Care

LTC/AL

Total analysis group (%)

Sample Size (% of total analysis group)

2488

896 (67.0)

441 (33.0)

1337 (100)

Gender*

    

Female

1354

654 (73.0)

190 (43.1)

844 (63.1)

Male

1035

222 (24.8)

240 (54.4)

462 (34.6)

Other

99

8 (0.9)

8 (1.8)

16 ( 1.2)

Age Category

    

Less than 30 years

885

268 (30.0)

180 (40.8)

448 (33.5)

30–39 years

903

290 (32.4)

163 (37.0)

453 (33.9)

40–49 years

399

183 (20.4)

53 (12.0)

236 (17.7)

50–59 years

229

113 (12.6)

32 (7.3)

145 (10.8)

60 years or older

72

42 (4.7)

13 (2.9)

55 (4.1)

Years Worked in Health Care

    

5 or fewer

902

333 (37.2)

185 (42.0)

518 (29.9)

6–10

816

205 (22.9)

156 (35.4)

361 (27.0)

11–15

343

128 (14.3)

43 (9.8)

171 (12.8)

16 or more

427

230 (25.7)

57 (12.9)

287 (21.5)

Job Category

    

Nursing

750

470 (52.5)

90 (20.4)

560 (41.9)

Clinical support

684

328 (36.6)

111 (25.2)

439 (32.8)

Paramedic

95

5 (0.6)

21 (4.8)

26 (1.9)

Physician and other providers

61

19 (2.1)

7 (1.6)

26 (1.9)

Other

896

74 (8.3)

212 (48.1)

286 (21.4)

  1. *15 respondents (12 in Acute Care, 3 in LTC/AL) preferred to not report their gender