A Profile of Occupational Therapists Working in School-Based Practice in Australian Primary Schools

Table 1

Demographic characteristics.

	All states		New South Wales		Queensland		Victoria
		%		%		%		%
State of employment	105	100	57	54	18	17	30	29
Gender
Male	6	6	2	4	2	11	2	7
Female	99	94	55	96	16	89	28	93
Total	105	100	57	100	18	100	30	100
Age group in years
Under 25	11	10.5	5	8.8	3	16.7	3	10
26-35	45	42.9	25	43.9	6	33.3	14	46.7
36-45	29	27.6	15	26.3	7	38.9	7	23.3
46-55	12	11.4	7	12.3	1	5.6	4	13.3
56-65	8	7.6	5	8.8	1	5.6	2	6.7
Total	105	100	57	100	18	100	30	100
Highest qualification earned
Diploma	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.3
Bachelor’s degree	74	70.5	41	71.9	14	77.8	19	63.4
Master’s degree	30	28.6	16	28.1	4	22.2	10	33.3
Total	105	100	57	100	18	100	30	100
Number of years in profession
Under 9	49	46.7	25	43.9	11	61.1	13	43.3
10-19	36	34.3	23	40.4	4	22.2	9	30
20-29	10	9.5	3	5.3	2	11.1	5	16.7
30-39	9	8.6	5	8.8	1	5.6	3	10
40-49	1	1	1	1.8	0	0	0	0
Total	105	100	57	100	18	100	30	100

Respondents did not answer every survey question; therefore, = number of responses.