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Table 1 Demographics from analytic sample, by agency and year

From: Determinants of workplace perceptions among federal, state, and local public health staff in the US, 2014 to 2017

Agency / Type

Year

Women

People of color

Supervisors or higher

Bachelor’s or higher attainment

Graduate degree attainment

SHA-CO

2014 (n = 10,216)

72% (71–73%)

29% (28–30%)

30% (29–31%)

75% (74–76%)

41% (40–42%)

2017 (n = 14,258)

73% (72–74%)

36% (35–37%)

29% (28–30%)

75% (74–76%)

41% (40–42%)

BCHC LHD

2014 (n = 2627)

76% (73–78%)

70% (68–72%)

28% (26–30%)

73% (71–75%)

40% (38–43%)

2017 (n = 4958)

74% (73–76%)

74% (73–75%)

27% (26–29%)

73% (72–74%)

38% (36–39%)

CDC (HHS)

2014 (n = 6562)

60% (59–61%)

43% (42–44%)

19% (19–20%)

87% (86–88%)

68% (66–69%)

2017 (n = 7351)

64% (63–65%)

45% (44–47%)

18% (17–19%)

91% (90–91%)

71% (70–73%)

HHS

2014 (n = 32,806)

62% (61–63%)

50% (49–51%)

19% (18–19%)

77% (76–77%)

53% (53–54%)

2017 (n = 43,086)

63% (62–63%)

52% (51–52%)

17% (17–18%)

80% (80–81%)

58% (57–58%)

US Gov total

2014 (n = 392,752)

43% (43–43%)

37% (37–38%)

18% (18–18%)

63% (62–63%)

30% (29–30%)

2017 (n = 486,105)

43% (42–43%)

36% (36–37%)

15% (15–15%)

66% (66–66%)

33% (33–33%)

  1. Cells shown as: Estimate (95% Confidence interval). Thirty three agencies are included in the SHA CO estimates and thirteen BCHC LHDs are. Unweighted response counts are reported by year
  2. SHA-CO State Health Agency Central office, BCHC Big City Health Department, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Health and Human Services, US Gov total all federal employees of US government