Table 1 Socio-demographic and other characteristics of participants in the cross-sectional survey and record review
Variable | Category | HEW records reviewed N = 3476 | HEW participants in cross-sectional survey N = 584 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unweighted frequency | Weighted percentage | Unweighted frequency | Weighted percentage | ||
Sex | Male | 85 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 3391 | 96 | 584 | 100 | |
Age category | 18–24 | 2835 | 79.8 | 189 | 21.7 |
25–29 | 436 | 14.6 | 272 | 55.7 | |
30 and above | 205 | 5.6 | 123 | 22.6 | |
Marital status at deployment | Single | 2697 | 76.9 | 184 | 24.3 |
Married | 734 | 22 | 400 | 75.7 | |
divorce/separated/widowed | 29 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of biological children | No children | 1267 | 42.7 | 215 | 29.4 |
One or more children | 2030 | 57.3 | 369 | 70.6 | |
Deployment year | 2004–2008 | 1343 | 31.5 | 172 | 45.4 |
|  | 2009–2013 | 983 | 30.4 | 158 | 27.9 |
|  | 2014–2018 | 1150 | 38.1 | 254 | 26.7 |
Certification level | Level three or below | 2086 | 54.4 | 345 | 48.9 |
| Â | Level four | 879 | 24.8 | 239 | 51.1 |
| Â | Diploma/degree | 495 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
COC status | COC certified | 2347 | 67 | 332 | 60 |
| Â | Not certified | 1113 | 33 | 252 | 40 |
Reprimand status | Never reprimanded | 2545 | 77.3 | – | – |
|  | Reprimanded once or more | 915 | 22.7 | – | – |
Annual leave | No annual leave | 1274 | 41.9 | – | – |
|  | 1–3 annual leaves | 1312 | 34.9 | – | – |
|  |  > 3 annual leaves | 873 | 23.2 | – | – |
Satisfaction level | Satisfied | – | – | 304 | 45.3 |
|  | Not satisfied | – | – | 280 | 54.7 |
Burnout | No burnout | – | – | 144 | 15.6 |
|  | Little burnout | – | – | 227 | 44.2 |
|  | Severe sign of burnout | – | – | 213 | 40.2 |