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Table 2 Characteristics of the respondents

From: "Good idea but not feasible" – the views of decision makers and stakeholders towards strategies for better palliative care in Germany: a representative survey

demographic data

%

characteristics

age

 

51 ± 9.0 (Range: 25–73 years)

 

26.8

till 45 (n = 75)

 

45.0

46–55 (n = 126)

 

28.2

56+ (n = 79)

sex

62.0

male (n = 184)

 

38.0

female (n = 114)

nationality

99.0

German (n = 293)

professional background*

40.7

medicine (n = 120)

 

12.2

economics (n = 36)

 

9.8

social science (n = 29)

 

13.2

nursing (n = 39)

 

8.5

others (n = 25)

position within the organization/institution*

26.8

member of the board (n = 79)

 

24.4

head of department (n = 72)

 

19.7

business manager (n = 58)

 

16.6

consultant (n = 49)

 

4.7

volunteer (n = 14)

time of employment in the institution

53.0

> 10 years (n = 157)

 

22.3

6–10 years (n = 66)

 

22.0

1–5 years (n = 65)

 

2.7

<1 year (n = 8)

religion

40.6

catholic (n = 119)

 

34.8

protestant (n = 102)

 

23.2

undenominational (n = 68)

 

1.4

other religion (n = 4)

  1. * multiple answers possible