Demographic differences between health care workers who did or did not respond to a safety and organizational culture survey

Table 1 Response rates as a function of demographic characteristic

Category	Respondents (n= 2995)	Non-respondents (n= 2614)	Response rate (%)
Professional groups
Physicians	496	570	46.53
Nurses	1208	871	58.10
Clinical workers	649	508	56.09
Laboratory worker	331	318	51.00
Non-medical workers	311	347	47.26
Gender
Male	834	808	50.79
Female	2161	1806	54.47
Age group
15-24 years old	122	156	43.88
25-34 years old	857	814	51.29
35-44 years old	735	664	52.54
45-54 years old	857	603	58.70
>54 years old	424	377	52.93
Years of working in the hospital
<5 years	1059	1137	48.22
5-9 years	825	602	57.81
10-20 years	593	444	57.18
>20 years	518	431	54.58
Executive function
Executive	167	75	69.01
Non-executive	2828	2539	52.69

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