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Table 1 Research use by demographic factors

From: Predicting research use in a public health policy environment: results of a logistic regression analysis

Demographics

Participants

Used research

Did not use research

Univariate logistic regression sig level

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

All participants (row %)

372 (100)

145 (39.0)

227 (61)

 

Agency

1

146 (39.2)

71 (49.0)

75 (33.0)

0.002*

2

226 (60.8)

74 (51.0)

152 (67.0)

N/A

Role level

Senior manager

15 (4.0)

10 (6.9)

5 (2.2)

0.025*

Manager

75 (20.2)

33 (22.8)

42 (18.5)

0.215

Non-manager

282 (75.8)

102 (70.3)

180 (79.3)

N/A

Role focus

Programs and projects

125 (36.6)

64 (44.1)

61 (26.0)

N/A

Policy and legal

47 (12.6)

22 (15.2)

25 (11.0)

0.608

Operations

200 (53.8)

59 (40.7)

141 (62.1)

0.000*

Highest level of education

High school/certificate

117 (31.5)

29 (20.0)

88 (38.8)

N/A

Undergraduate

151 (40.6)

56 (38.6)

95 (41.8)

0.003*

Postgraduate

104 (27.9)

60 (41.4)

44 (19.4)

0.000*

Gender

Male

121 (32.5)

55 (37.9)

66 (29.1)

1.000

Female

250 (67.2)

90 (62.1)

160 (70.5)

1.000

Other

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

N/A

Age (years)

18-35

163 (43.8)

58 (40.0)

105 (46.3)

N/A

36-55

187 (50.3)

82 (56.5)

105 (46.3)

0.116

56+

22 (5.9)

5 (3.5)

17 (7.4)

0.238

Time in agency (years)

0-5

245 (65.9)

88 (60.7)

157 (69.2)

N/A

6-15

111 (29.8)

51 (35.2)

60 (26.4)

0.073

16+

16 (4.3)

6 (4.1)

10 (4.4)

0.898

Time in role (years)

0-5

332 (89.2)

132 (91.0)

200 (88.1)

N/A

6-15

37 (9.9)

11 (7.6)

26 (11.5)

0.238

16+

3 (0.8)

2 (1.4)

1 (0.4)

0.367

Time in government (years)

0-5

170 (45.7)

58 (40.0)

112 (49.4)

N/A

6-15

146 (39.2)

60 (41.4)

86 (37.8)

0.202

16+

56 (15.1)

27 (18.6)

29 (12.8)

0.061

  1. Agency 1 = WorkSafe Victoria; Agency 2 = Transport Accident Commission. All columns are percentages unless otherwise stated. N/A in univariate logistic regression column indicates the comparator variable, for example, Senior manager and Manager use of research was compared to Non-manager use of research.
  2. *Significant at ≤0.05.