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Table 1 Respondent characteristics

From: Harm reduction workforce, behavioral health, and service delivery in the USA: a cross-sectional study

Variable (total responses)

Frequency

Percentage

Mean

SD

Respondent age

  

42.82

11.42

Role (168)

    

 Executive Leadership

128

76.19

  

 Participant Services Staff

21

12.50

  

 Program Coordinator

19

11.31

  

Respondent gender identity (147)

    

 Female/Woman

94

63.95

  

 Male/Man

37

25.17

  

 Transgender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or non-binary

15

10.20

  

 Prefer not to disclose

1

0.68

  

Respondent ethnicity (153)

    

 Non-Hispanic or Latino

137

81.55

  

 Hispanic or Latino

16

9.52

  

Respondent race (154)

    

 White

129

76.79

  

 Black or African American

10

5.95

  

 Other*

15

8.92

  

Respondent educational attainment (152)

 

152

  

 Master’s degree or MD, or JD Doctorate/PhD,

42

25.0

  

 4-year degree

61

36.31

  

 Some college

27

16.07

  

 2-year associate degree/vocational degree

12

7.89

  

 Up to a high school degree or GED

10

5.95

  

Has the respondent completed a certificate program related to harm reduction services? (153)

    

 No

90

53.57

  

 Yes

63

37.50

  

Years worked in harm reduction (152)

  

8.86

7.86

Years respondents has worked in their harm reduction organization (149)

  

7.51

7.28

  1. * To ensure data are deidentified, the racial category “Other” was created to include Asian, American Indian, or Alaskan Native, and Pacific Islander/Hawaiian individuals