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Table 3 (continued): Demographic characteristics of responding veterinarians currently working in food-producing animal practice categorized
by all Survey 1 respondents (n = 123), all Survey 2 respondents (n = 125), Survey 2 respondents who completed Survey 1 as well (n = 89), and
Survey 2 respondents who did not complete Survey 1 (i.e. new respondents) (n = 36).
Variable
All Survey 1 Respondents
# (%*) All Survey 2 Respondents
# (%*) Survey 2 Respondents
Completing Survey 1
# (%*) Survey 2 Respondents
Not Completing Survey 1
# (%*)
6(7) 9(8) 6(7) 3(9)
Practice Locations
North
East 15(18) 25(22) 17(20) 8(24)
South-central 13(15) 25(22) 17(20) 8(24)
South-west 40(47) 35(31) 32(38) 3(9)
Two regions 5(6) 5(4) 5(6) 0(0)
Three regions 0(0) 12(10) 2(2) 10(30)
All regions 3(3) 3(3) 2(2) 1(3)
Unknown 38 11 8 3
Yes 33(39) 37(45) 19(43) 18(51)
No 51(61) 46(55) 29(57) 17(49)
37 42 41 1
13(38) 12(32) 6(32) 6(33)
Additional Qualifications
Unknown
Specific Additional Qualifications
Graduate Degree
Board Certification 5(15) 4(11) 3(16) 1(6)
Health Mgmt. Certificate 10(33) 12(32) 7(37) 5(28)
Graduate Degree & Board
Certification 2(6) 3(5) 1(5) 2(11)
Graduate Degree & Health
Management Certificate 3(9) 6(13) 2(10) 4(22)
Board Certification &
Health Management
Certificate 0(0) 4(5) 0(0) 0(0)
Graduate Degree, Board
Certification & Health
Mgmt. Certificate 1(3) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
*total may not equal 100 due to rounding
Overall, Survey 1 respondents tended to have between 2 and 4
veterinarians working in their practice, have one specific location for
their practice, to work in south-western Ontario, and do not have
additional qualifications. Respondents were fairly evenly spread across
age categories, with the highest proportion (29%) being aged 60 or
older, closely followed by those aged 31 to 40 (24%). Similarly, year
of graduation of veterinary school was fairly well distributed across
categories, with the highest proportion (23%) graduating between 2001
and 2010. Lastly, of those that reported having additional qualifications,
38% reported having a graduate degree.
When Survey 1 respondents were separated based on the species they
reported working with and then compared between groups (e.g. age
of beef respondents vs. dairy respondents vs. poultry respondents), no
statistically significant differences were observed.
Overall, Survey 2 respondents tended to have between 2 and 4
veterinarians working in their practice, have one specific location
for their practice, to work in south-western Ontario, and to not have
additional qualifications. Respondents were fairly evenly spread across
age categories, with the highest proportion (27%) being aged 51 to
60, closely followed by those aged 31 to 40 (25%). Similarly, year
of graduation of veterinary school was fairly well distributed across
categories, with the highest proportion (23%) graduating between 2001
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and 2010. Lastly, of those that reported having additional qualifications,
32% reported having a graduate degree, while another 32% reported
having completed a health management certificate course/program.
Survey 2 respondents who had previously completed Survey 1 and
those who had not were very similar across all major demographic
categories with the exception of practice locations. A significantly
higher proportion of those Survey 2 respondents who had previously
responded to Survey 1 reported working in south-western Ontario,
while a significantly higher proportion of those Survey 2 respondents
who had not previously participated in this project reported working
across three regions of Ontario.
Similar to the comparisons between those that did and did not
previously respond to Survey 1, Survey 1 and 2 respondents tended
to be very similar with no statistically significant differences other
than practice location. A significantly higher proportion of Survey
1 respondents (47%) reported working in south-western Ontario
as compared to Survey 2 respondents, while a significantly higher
proportion of Survey 2 respondents (31%) reported working in three of
the regions in Ontario.
Lastly, when survey respondents were separated, based on the species
that they reported working with, and then compared between species
groups, no statistically significant differences were observed.
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