Table 3 Characteristics of the environmental public health workforce
Total (n = 129) | ||
|---|---|---|
Gender, female N (%) | 83 (64) | |
Age, yrs (SD) | 46.1 (±10.2) | |
Number of years in current job (%) | ||
<1 year | 6 (5) | |
1–5 years | 47 (36) | |
6–10 year | 42 (33) | |
> 10 year | 34 (26) | |
Working hours/week hrs (SD) | 30 (±7.1) | |
Working hours/week environmental public health hrs (SD) | 22 (±11.4) | |
Education N (%) | ||
≤Senior secondary vocational education and training | 2 (2) | |
Professional eduction, applied science | 24 (19) | |
University level | 65 (50) | |
Post university level | 38 (29) | |
Physicians N (%) | 28 (22) | |
Environmental public health physician | 10 (8) | |
General public health physician | 10 (8) | |
Physician | 8 (6) | |
Organizational setting N (%)a | ||
Local public health service | 118 (92) | |
National | 8 (6) | |
Municipality | 4 (3) | |
University | 3 (2) | |
Other | 3 (2) | |
Special training for Environmental Public Health n (%) | ||
Yes | 92 (71) | |
No | 37 (29) | |