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Table 2 Survey respondent demographic and global health engagement characteristics

From: Access, interest and equity considerations for virtual global health activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Demographic characteristics

HIC

LMIC

Total

n = 151

n = 114

n = 265

Age

18–24.9 years

17 (35.4%)

31 (64.6%)

48 (18.1%)

25–34.9 years

49 (61.3%)

31 (38.8%)

80 (30.2%)

35–44.9 years

37 (56.1%)

29 (43.9%)

66 (24.9%)

45–54.9 years

18 (56.2%)

14 (43.8%)

32 (12.1%)

55–64.9 years

13 (72.2%)

5 (27.8%)

18 (6.8%)

65 years or older

16 (80.0%)

4 (20.0%)

20 (7.5%)

Prefer not to answer

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.4%)

Gender

Male

50 (45.9%)

59 (54.1%)

109 (41.1%)

Female

98 (64.1%)

55 (35.9%)

153 (57.7%)

Additional gender category

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.4%)

Prefer not to answer

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.8%)

Education

Completed primary school

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

1 (0.4%)

Completed secondary school

1 (14.3%)

6 (85.7%)

7 (2.6%)

Some university

9 (29%)

22 (71%)

31 (11.7%)

Completed university

9 (24.3%)

28 (75.7%)

37 (14%)

Some post-graduate

22 (75.9%)

7 (24.1%)

29 (10.9%)

Completed post-graduate

110 (68.8%)

50 (31.2%)

160 (60.4%)

Primary position

Academia/research

39 (57.4%)

29 (42.6%)

68 (25.7%)

Administrative

10 (83.3%)

2 (16.7%)

12 (4.5%)

Health professional

34 (58.6%)

24 (41.4%)

58 (21.9%)

Organizational leadership

3 (17.6%)

14 (82.4%)

17 (6.4%)

Public health/policy

8 (44.4%)

10 (55.6%)

18 (6.8%)

Trainee

57 (62%)

35 (38%)

92 (34.7%)

Clinical specialty

Anesthesiology

3 (100%)

0 (0%)

3 (1.1%)

Dentistry

1 (33.3%)

2 (66.7%)

3 (1.1%)

Emergency medicine

15 (75%)

5 (25%)

20 (7.5%)

Family medicine

7 (31.8%)

15 (68.2%)

22 (8.3%)

Internal medicine

14 (70%)

6 (30%)

20 (7.5%)

Mental health

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

2 (0.8%)

Nursing

2 (16.7%)

10 (83.3%)

12 (4.5%)

Pediatrics

42 (87.5%)

6 (12.5%)

48 (18.1%)

Pharmacy

6 (31.6%)

13 (68.4%)

19 (7.2%)

Surgery

6 (60%)

4 (40%)

10 (3.8%)

Women’s health

3 (42.9%)

4 (57.1%)

7 (2.6%)

In training

7 (77.8%)

2 (22.2%)

9 (3.4%)

Other

5 (45.5%)

6 (54.5%)

11 (4.2%)

Non-clinician

39 (50%)

39 (50%)

78 (29.4%)

Unknown

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

1 (0.4%)

Engagement type

Global health participant

44 (51.2%)

42 (48.8%)

86 (32.5%)

Global health facilitator

50 (66.7%)

25 (33.3%)

75 (28.3%)

Participant and facilitator

47 (56%)

37 (44%)

84 (31.7%)

Don’t know

3 (50%)

3 (50%)

6 (2.3%)

Missing

7 (50%)

7 (50%)

14 (5.3%)

  1. HIC High-income country, LMIC Low and middle-income country