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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Australian general practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and prescribing intentions for e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid: a nationwide baseline and 12-month follow up survey

 

T1

Total

N = 264 (%)

T2

Total

N = 94 (%)

Gender

Male

94 (35.6)

Male

37 (39.4)

 

Female

170 (64.4)

Female

57 (60.6)

Age*

20–29

15 (7.0)

20–29

4 (4.3)

 

30–39

80 (37.2)

30–39

28 (29.8)

 

40–49

59 (27.4)

40–49

28 (29.8)

 

50–59

38 (17.7)

50–59

19 (20.2)

 

60+

23(10.7)

60+

15 (16.0)

State^

VIC

60 (24.4)

Has your postcode changed in the past 12 months?

 
 

NSW

89 (36.2)

Yes

15 (16.0)

 

SA

19 (7.7)

No

79 (84.0)

 

WA

20 (8.1)

  
 

QLD

48 (19.5)

  
 

TAS

6 (2.4)

  
 

NT

4 (1.6)

  

Years of practice#+

0–10

158 (60.3)

0–10

42 (46.2)

 

11–20

54 (20.6)

11–20

21 (23.1)

 

21–30

27 (10.3)

21–30

14 (15.4)

 

30+

23 (8.8)

30+

14 (15.4)

Medical degree obtained

Australia

209 (79.2)

Australia

79 (84.0)

 

International

55 (20.8)

International

15 (16.0)

Primary practice

Solo

9 (3.4)

Solo

4 (4.3)

 

Group

185 (70.1)

Group

69 (73.4)

 

Corporate

36 (13.6)

Corporate

11 (11.7)

 

Aboriginal health services

16 (6.1)

Aboriginal health services

4 (4.3)

 

Other

18 (6.8)

Other

6 (6.4)

Remoteness^

Metro

196 (79.7)

  
 

Inner regional

34 (13.8)

  
 

Outer regional

11 (4.5)

  
 

Remote or very remote

5 (2.0)

  

Smoking status

Daily

3 (1.1)

Daily

0 (0.0)

 

Less than weekly

3 (1.1)

Less than weekly

1 (1.1)

 

Former smoker

30 (11.4)

Former smoker

16 (17.0)

 

Never smoker

228 (86.4)

Never been a smoker

77 (81.9)

E-cigarette use**

Daily

5 (1.9)

Daily

3 (3.2)

 

Less than weekly

7 (2.7)

Less than weekly

2 (2.2)

 

Former e-cigarette user

4 (1.5)

Former e-cigarette user

3 (3.2)

 

Never e-cigarette user

248 (93.9)

Never e-cigarette user

85 (91.4)

  1. *n = 49 (18.6%) of participants did not complete this question
  2. ^n = 18 (6.8%) of participants did not complete this question
  3. #n = 2 (0.8%) of participants did not complete this question
  4. **n = 1 (1.1%) of participants did not complete this question (T2)
  5. +n = 3 (3.2%) of participants did not complete this question (T2)