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Table 1 Socio-demographic information of participants

From: Factors affecting retention of allied health professionals working with people with disability in rural New South Wales, Australia: discrete choice experiment questionnaire development

Characteristic (n = 82)a

N(%)

Sex

 

 Female

72 (88)

Age

 

 20–30

22 (27)

 31–40

30 (37)

 41–50

20 (24)

 51–60

8 (10)

 61 and over

2 (2)

Family

 

 With partner

60 (73)

 Children

49 (60)

 Mean number of children

1.5

Born in a regional/rural remote area

 

 Yes

59 (72)

Employment status

 

 Full-time

53 (65)

 Part-time

29 (35)

Previous experience in the disability field

 

 Yes

55 (67)

Employed as

 

 Allied health professional

33 (42)

 Manager

17 (21)

 Case manager

18 (23)

 Otherb

11 (14)

Employer

 

 Specialist government organization

28 (34)

 Specialist NGO

39 (48)

 NSW Health

11 (13)

 Otherc

4 (5)

Why live and work in western NSW (N = 81)

 

 Past connection to WR

37 (45)

 Partner’s work

10 (12)

 Tree-changed

7 (9)

 Job opportunity

18 (22)

 Family

9 (11)

 Time in WR (mean years)

21

 Length of time in current job (mean years)

5

 Length of time working in disability (mean years)

10

  1. WR, western region.
  2. aFifteen participants did not complete the background information sheet.
  3. bOther included: therapy assistant, behaviour support worker, teacher.
  4. cOther included: education, human services.
  5. dMove from cities to rural communities.