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Table 1 Participant Demographics

From: What do health care professionals want to know about assisted dying? Setting the research agenda in New Zealand

Category

Sub-Category

Frequency (N)

Percent (%)

Frequency (N)

Percent (%)

 

Survey Participants

Interview Participants

Gender

     

Wāhine/Woman

90

76.3

19

73.1

Tāne/Man

26

22

7

26.9

Another gender

1

0.85

-

-

Prefer not to answer

1

0.85

-

-

Ethnicity

     

New Zealand European

91

70

16

61.5

Māori

12

9.2

1

3.8

Other European

11

8.5

7

26.9

Other Ethnicity

9

6.9

1

3.8

Indian

2

1.5

-

-

Other Asian

2

1.5

-

-

Chinese

1

0.8

3

11.5

Samoan

1

0.8

1

3.8

Latin American

1

0.8

-

-

Note: Participants could provide multiple self-identified ethnicities

Age

     

25–34

6

5.2

2

7.7

35–44

25

21.7

4

15.4

45–54

30

26.1

9

34.6

55–64

42

36.5

7

26.9

65–74

9

7.8

3

11.5

75+

3

2.6

1

3.8

Sector

     

Healthcare

102

76.1

26

100

Subsector

     

Secondary Care

42

41.2

4

15.4

GP/Primary Care

21

20.6

4

15.4

Community Care

18

17.6

-

-

Hospice

12

11.8

14

53.8

Aged Residential Care

11

10.8

3

11.5

Role

     

Medical Doctors

37

35.2

15

57.7

Nurse Practitioners

21

20

2

7.7

Registered Nurses

18

17.1

10

38.5

Management

15

14.3

8

30.8

Other

8

7.6

3

11.5

Mental Health Practitioners (Psychiatry/Counselling)

4

3.8

-

-

Māori Health

2

1.9

-

-

Academia

12

9

-

-

Professional

9

6.7

-

-

Other

8

6

-

-

Role

     

Retiree

2

25

1

3.8

Governance

2

25

-

-

Health Navigator

1

12.5

-

-

Educator

1

12.5

-

-

Government

2

1.5

-

-

Prefer not to answer

1

0.8

-

-

Note: Participants could provide specific information about their subsector and role & could work across multiple sectors

  1. Note: All % rounded to 1dp.