Table 2 Demographics
Present study (n = 123) | TREC Alberta (n = 864) | TREC Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan (n = 1,489) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | |
Gender | ||||||
Males | 7 ( 5.7) | 50 ( 5.8) | 92 ( 6.2) | |||
Females | 116 ( 94.3) | 803 ( 92.9) | 1,386 ( 93.1) | |||
Age | ||||||
<20 years | 3 ( 2.4) | 8 ( 0.9) | 13 ( 0.9) | |||
20–29 years | 11 ( 9.0) | 97 ( 11.2) | 164 ( 11.0) | |||
30–39 years | 35 ( 28.5) | 191 ( 22.1) | 312 ( 21.0) | |||
40–49 years | 38 ( 30.9) | 280 ( 32.4) | 482 ( 32.4) | |||
50–59 years | 28 ( 22.8) | 230 ( 26.6) | 400 ( 26.8) | |||
60–70 years | 7 ( 5.7) | 57 ( 6.6) | 115 ( 7.7) | |||
>70 years | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 1.0) | 1 ( 1.0) | |||
Years worked as HCA | 9.02 ( 6.9) | 9.62 ( 8.7) | 10.86 ( 8.9) | |||
Years worked in facility | 6.58 ( 5.9) | N/A | N/A | |||
Education level | ||||||
High school | 110 ( 89.4) | 787 ( 91.1) | 1,345 ( 90.3) | |||
HCA certificate | 98 ( 79.7) | 687 ( 79.5) | 1,234 ( 82.9) | |||
Diploma or degree | 60 ( 48.8) | 450 ( 52.1) | 658 ( 44.2) | |||
English as second language | 48 ( 39.0) | 449 ( 52.0) | 660 ( 44.3) | |||