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Table 1 The demographic characteristic and information relating to the community health volunteer position of the survey participants (N = 435)

From: Burden experienced by community health volunteers in Taiwan: a survey

Characteristic

Descriptive statistic

% Female participants

84.3% (n = 366)

Mean age (±SD)* [years]

59.1 (±10.8)

% Highest level of education

 

  Elementary school or less

34.1% (n = 145)

  Junior high school

26.1% (n = 111)

  Senior high school

26.4% (n = 112)

  College, university, or postgraduate

13.4% (n = 57)

% Religion

 

  Buddhist

48.7% (n = 206)

  Taoist

31.9% (n = 135)

  Other

19.4% (n = 82)

% Language (multiple answers possible)

 

  Mandarin

92.6% (n = 389)

  Holo

80.2% (n = 337)

  Hakka

30.2% (n = 127)

  Other

3.1% (n = 13)

% Current occupation

 

  Employed

31.1% (n = 129)

  Housework

51.1% (n = 212)

  Unemployed

7.7% (n = 32)

  Retired

10.1% (n = 42)

% Married/cohabited

81.0% (n = 341)

% With enough or sufficient economic resources

94.3% (n = 390)

% Current condition of health compared to people of similar age

  Excellent

16.1% (n = 69)

  Very good

45.6% (n = 195)

  Good

35.5% (n = 152)

  Fair

2.6% (n = 11)

  Poor

0.2% (n = 1)

Mean years lived in this community (±SD)

29.1 (±17.8)

% County of residence

 

  New Taipei

36.8% (n = 160)

  Taoyuan

50.6% (n = 220)

  Hsinchu

12.6% (n = 55)

% Serving a village rather than a city

51.0% (n = 222)

Median years (IQR)** spent working as a community health volunteer

4 (2.0, 6.3)

Median hours per week (IQR) volunteering

6.0 (4.0, 8.0)

Median number of people (IQR) serviced per week

30 (16, 60)

% CHPDC***

 

  Community based

52.6% (n = 229)

  Public Health Centre based

11.3% (n = 49)

  Hospital based

36.1% (n = 157)

% Volunteering job

 

  Fundamental

52.2% (n = 210)

  Cadre

17.7% (n = 71)

  Leader

15.7% (n = 63)

  Chief (oversees volunteer services)

14.4% (n = 58)

% Time committed to other volunteering services

  One service

38.9% (n = 167)

  Two services

25.9% (n = 111)

  hree or more services

20.7% (n = 89)

Median years spent in all other voluntary services except community health promotion (IQR)

5 (3, 8)

Median total time in years spent in voluntary service (IQR)

8 (4.5, 14)

% Planning to stay on as a community health promotion volunteer

  Very unlikely

0.3% (n = 1)

  Unlikely

0.5% (n = 2)

  Neutral

4.1% (n = 16)

  Likely

54.6% (n = 214)

  Very likely

40.6% (n = 159)

  1. *SD = standard deviation; Not all numbers add up to 435 because of missing values in the data, **IQR = Inter-quartile range; ***CHPDC = Community Health Promotion Development Centre; Not all numbers add up to 435 because of missing values in the data.