Research capacity and culture in an Australian metropolitan public mental health service: scoping the skills and experience of social workers and occupational therapists

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of Survey completers (N = 59)

Variable	Subcategory	Count (percent)^a
Discipline	Social Work	35 (59%)
Discipline	Occupational Therapy	24 (41%)
Gender	Female	49 (83%)
Gender	Male	10 (17%)
Age	20-29yrs	10 (17%)
	30-39yrs	21 (36%)
	40-49yrs	12 (21%)
	50-59yrs	14 (24%)
	60yrs +	1 (2%)
Highest Education	Undergraduate only	17 (29%)
	Undertaking postgraduate coursework	5 (9%)
	Completed postgraduate coursework	29 (49%)
	Undertaking postgraduate research	– (0%)
	Completed postgraduate research	8 (14%)
Time since last qualification	0-4yrs	22 (37%)
	5-10yrs	15 (26%)
	11-14yrs	8 (14%)
	15-19yrs	7 (12%)
	20yrs +	7 (12%)
Has research-related activity experience with^b	Project Work	34 (58%)
	QA	15 (25%)
	Evaluation	23 (39%)
	Research	17 (29%)
	None of the above	19 (32%)
Breadth of experience^c	No research-related experience	19 (32%)
	1 activity type	16 (27%)
	2 activity types	6 (10%)
	3 activity types	11 (19%)
	4 activity types	7 (12%)

^aPercentages will not always add to 100% due to rounding
^bPercentages will not always add to 100% due to rounding
^cResponses to subcategories were not mutually exclusive except for ‘None of the above’

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