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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: Training health professionals to reduce overreporting of birthing people who use drugs to child welfare

Characteristic

Total n (%) n = 592

Baseline only n = 285

Baseline + 1 or more follow-up n = 307

Professional role

 Physician

82 (14)

42 (15)

40 (13)

 Nurse

144 (24)

70 (25)

74 (24)

 Social worker

135 (23)

49 (17)

86 (28)

 Public health

95 (16)

47 (16)

48 (16)

 Other

136 (23)

77 (27)

59 (19)

Involved in direct patient care

 No

204 (34)

97 (34)

107 (35)

 Yes

388 (66)

188 (66)

200 (65)

Region

 West

196 (33)

106 (37)

90 (29)

 Midwest

102 (17)

45 (16)

57 (19)

 South

88 (15)

43 (15)

45 (15)

 Northeast

205 (35)

90 (32)

115 (37)

Urbanicity

 Urban

298 (53)

138 (54)

160 (52)

 Rural

143 (25)

60 (23)

83 (27)

 Suburban

88 (16)

45 (18)

43 (14)

 Other

34 (6)

14 (5)

20 (7)

Career stage

 In training

41 (7)

18 (6)

23 (7)

 Early

245 (41)

126 (44)

119 (39)

 Mid

185 (31)

87 (31)

98 (32)

 Late

120 (20)

53 (19)

67 (22)

Age

 < 30

71 (13)

33 (13)

38 (13)

 30s

207 (38)

94 (37)

113 (38)

 40s

165 (30)

79 (31)

86 (29)

 50s

74 (13)

31 (12)

43 (14)

 60s or older

34 (6)

14 (6)

20 (7)

Race/ethnicity

 White

424 (75)

181 (70)

243 (79)

 Black

46 (8)

28 (11)

18 (6)

 Hispanic/Latinx

45 (8)

25 (10)

20 (7)

 Asian

11 (2)

5 (2)

6 (2)

 Other race/ethnicity

13 (2)

5 (2)

8 (3)

 Multiracial

25 (4)

14 (5)

11 (4)

Gender

 Male

23 (4)

18 (7)

5 (2)

 Female

526 (93)

231 (89)

295 (96)

 Trans/nonbinary/self-define

16 (3)

10 (4)

6 (2)

  1. Fewer people provided data on personal demographic characteristics as those were at the end of the survey; the people missing on these characteristics did not complete the full baseline survey