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Table 1 Demographics of study participants (n = 139)

From: Adaptation strategies in transnational education: a case study of an australian Master of Health Administration Course offered to chinese managers

Characteristics

 

N

Percentage (%) of respondents

Gender

Female

89

64.0

 

Male

50

36.0

Age (years)

< 36

44

31.7

 

36–40

48

34.5

 

41–45

26

18.7

 

> 45

21

15.1

Background prior to commencing MHA (can be multiple answers)

Frontline managers

38

27.3

Middle/department managers

31

22.3

Senior managers

6

4.3

Medicine/surgery

22

15.8

 

Nursing/midwifery

21

15.1

 

Other clinical roles

26

18.7

 

Public health/Regulatory agency

19

13.7

 

Non-clinical roles

17

12.2

Current work sector

Public sector

87

62.6

Universities

23

16.5

 

Governmental departments

23

16.5

 

Private hospitals

4

2.9

 

Other

2

1.3