Table 2 Workforce characteristics of responders according to profession

N

28

14

23

7

3

Age (mean and range)

31 (26–43)

30 (26–34)

30 (25–35)

28 (25–34)

31 (29–34)

Number of women (%)

16 (57%)

7 (50%)

16 (70%)

6 (86%)

3 (100%)

Mean years since graduation (range)

7.3 (4–14)

7.3 (4–11)

7.8 (4–13)

7.0 (4–13)

7.7 (4–10)

Still practising as original health professional degree

28

13

20

7

2

Ethnicity

Cook Islands Maori

1

0

0

1

0

Fijian

8

1

0

0

0

Fijian Indian

2

5

19

3

1

Samoan

9

2

1

2

1

Tongan

4

3

0

0

1

Multiple Pacific

1

2

1

1

0

Other Pacific

3

1

2

0

0

Postgraduate status

Done postgraduate qualification

15

4

9

2

1

Intending to do postgraduate qualification

25

7

18

5

2

Not done nor intending to do postgraduate qualification

0

6

6

0

0

Main location of practice

Pacific Island community in NZ

5

1

2

3

0

General community in NZ

15

9

11

0

2

Pacific Islands

2

0

2

1

0

Elsewhere

6

3

5

3

0

Number ever worked in Pacific Island community in NZ

13

3

5

2

1

Number ever worked in the Pacific

10

5

12

3

0

Intending to work in Pacific Island community/Pacific Islands if not currently

11

2

10

1

1

Mentor status

Currently has a mentor

4

6

10

2

0

Mentor is a Pacific Islander

3

0

3

1

-

Mentor is helpful

4

6

10

2

-

Mentor influenced decisions on where to practise

4

1

3

1

-