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Table 2 Respondent characteristics—HSW Worklife Survey

From: Relationships between work outcomes, work attitudes and work environments of health support workers in Ontario long-term care and home and community care settings

Respondent characteristics

% total sample

N = 460

Age

 < 24–29 years

13.2%

 30–39 years

16.7%

 40–49 years

26.2%

 50–59 years

35.4%

 > 60 years

8.6%

Female

92.6%

Immigrant to Canada

35.3%

English as second language

45.5%

Work in LTC/HCC

59.4%/40.6%

Work experience

 < 1 year

4.6%

 1–10 years

46.6%

 11–20 years

33.0%

 > 20 years

15.9%

Training and education

 Grade school

1.8%

 High hchool

24.9%

 College

62.8%

 University

10.4%

Years with employer

 < 1 year

4.2%

 1–9 years

48.6%

 10–19 years

25.7%

 20–35 years

12.7%

 Unanswered

4.2%

Type of work

 Full-time

43.8%

 Part-time

17.9%

 Casual

3.6%