Violence study of healthcare workers and systems in the Caribbean: ViSHWaS-Caribbean study

Table 1 Socio-Demographic characteristics of the ViSHWaS-Caribbean study participants

Demographics	n = 225	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	81	36.0
Female	137	60.9
Transgender	0	0.0
Gender variant/non-confirming	0	0.0
Other/prefer not to disclose	7	3.1
Skipped	0	0.0
Age (yr)
18-25	42	18.7
26-35	115	51.1
36-45	53	23.6
46-55	11	4.9
56-65	4	1.8
65+	0	0.0
Skipped	0	0.0
United States-African American	13	5.8
United States-Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	1	0.4
Black-African	65	28.9
South Asian	1	0.4
Hispanic/Latino	81	36.0
Mixed race	17	7.6
Other	42	18.7
Skipped	5	2.2
Type of institution
Government academic	110	48.9
Government-non-academic	17	7.6
Private academic	21	9.3
Private non-academic	5	2.2
Community hospital	51	22.7
Military hospital	1	0.4
Mission/non-profit hospital	8	3.6
Other	9	4.0
Skipped	3	1.3
Years of experience
< 1	16	7.1
1 to 2	54	24.0
2 to 5	64	28.4
6 to 10	44	19.6
11 to 20	36	16.0
21 to 30	7	3.1
< 30	1	0.4
Skipped	3	1.3
Work position
Administration	9	4.0
Nurse practitioner	2	0.9
Attending physician	49	21.8
Auxiliary/support staff	4	1.8
Dentist/dental surgeon	2	0.9
EMT	0	0.0
Fellow in training	10	4.4
Medical student	71	31.6
Occupational therapist	0	0.0
Pharmacist (PharmD)	1	0.4
Physical therapist	3	1.3
Physician assistant	2	0.9
Registered nurse	11	4.9
Researcher	2	0.9
Resident/junior resident in training	24	10.7
Respiratory therapist	0	0.0
Other	35	15.6
Skipped	0	0.0