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Table 3 Staff survey - demographic information

From: Low uptake of Aboriginal interpreters in healthcare: exploration of current use in Australia’s Northern Territory

 

Number (%)

Total number of respondents

422

Role

 Nurse

175/422 (41.5)

 Doctor

88/422 (20.9)

 Allied Health professional

55/422 (13.0)

 Pharmacist or pharmacy assistant

14/422 (3.3)

 Administration including ward clerk

21/422 (5.0)

 Indigenous Liaison Officer

7/422 (1.7)

 Other

62/422 (14.7)

How long have you worked at Royal Darwin Hospital?

  < 1 years

75/422 (17.8)

 1–2 years

64/422 (15.2)

 3–10 years

168/422 (39.8)

  > 10 years

115/422 (27.3)

Please specify your preferred language

 English

367/379 (96.8)

 Australian Indigenous language

1/379 (0.3)

 Other (Arabic, African language, Cantonese, European language, Hindi, Malay, Punjabi, Tamil)

11/379 (2.9)

Please specify your ethnicity

 Australian non-Aboriginal / non-Torres Strait Islander

262/376 (69.3)

 Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

17/376 (4.5)

 British

17/376 (4.5)

 Indian

13/376 (3.4)

 New Zealand European

9/376 (2.4)

 Chinese

8/376 (2.1)

 Other

50/376 (13.3)

Where did you undertake your primary healthcare degree?

 Australia

298/378 (78.8)

 New Zealand

14/378 (3.7)

 Elsewhere

66/378 (17.5)