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Table 1 Staff characteristicsa

From: Addressing tobacco in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment settings: a cross-sectional survey of staff attitudes and perceived barriers

Characteristic

nb

%

Gender

 Female

322

70

 Male

138

30

Age in years (mean, SD)c

45(12)

 

Highest work qualification

 School certificate/Higher school certificate

18

5

 TAFEd certificate/diploma

118

32

 University undergraduate/post graduate degree

233

63

Smoking status

 Ex-smoker

188

43

 Never-smoker

142

32

 Daily/Occasional smoker

108

25

Role

 Manager

81

16

 Nurse

126

25

 Caseworker

91

18

 Counsellor

57

11

 Administration

48

9.6

 Psychologist

20

4

 Social worker

18

3.6

 Medical Practitioner (specialist/generalist)

15

3

 Health Educator

14

2.8

 Researcher

7

1.4

 Volunteer

4

0.8

 Pharmacist

2

0.4

 Other

13

2.6

Employment status

 Full-time

307

62

 Part-time

155

32

 Casual

26

5.3

 Volunteer

3

0.6

Number of years at organisation

  < 1 year

62

13

 1–3 years

127

26

 4–6 years

106

22

 7–9 years

66

14

  ≥ 10 years

127

26

Number of years in AOD field

  < 1 year

39

8

 1–3 years

101

21

 4–6 years

88

18

 7–9 years

66

14

  ≥ 10 years

193

40

  1. aDescriptive statistics are presented by counts and percentages for categorical variables
  2. bmay not equal 506 for staff due to missing data
  3. cAge is a continuous variable that was found to be normally distributed, the mean and standard deviation is presented
  4. dTAFE: Technical and Further Education