Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of survey respondents.
From: Cultural barriers to interdisciplinary research collaboration: evidence from Australia
Participants (n = 430) | ||
|---|---|---|
n | % | |
“What gender do you identify with?”a | ||
Woman | 215 | 50 |
Man | 199 | 46 |
Non-binary or gender diverse | 3 | 0.7 |
Prefer not to say | 13 | 3 |
“In what year were you born?” | ||
Pre-baby boom (<1945) | 2 | 0.4 |
Baby boom (1945–1964) | 105 | 24 |
Generation x (1965–1979) | 213 | 50 |
Generation y/millennial (1980–2000) | 109 | 25 |
Generation z (>=2000) | 1 | 0.2 |
“What is your current level of academic appointment?”b | ||
Level A (postdoctoral research fellow) | 21 | 5 |
Level B (lecturer) | 94 | 22 |
Level C (senior lecturer) | 120 | 28 |
Level D (associate professor) | 89 | 21 |
Level E (professor) | 102 | 24 |
None of the above | 4 | 1 |
“If you have completed a PhD, in what year was your PhD conferred?” | ||
<1980 | 4 | 1 |
1980–1989 | 19 | 4 |
1990–1999 | 67 | 16 |
2000–2009 | 137 | 32 |
2010–2019 | 174 | 40 |
>2020 | 12 | 3 |
“I have not completed a PhD” | 17 | 4 |
“Irrespective of the research you are currently doing or have done in the past, which discipline is closest to the school/department/faculty/institute that you are currently primarily affiliated with?” | % of respondents (n = 430) | % of invitation list (n = 2783) |
Medicine/nursing/health sciences | 31 | 33 |
Science/maths/information technology | 18 | 21 |
Business or commerce | 14 | 14 |
Engineering | 8 | 10 |
Social sciences | 8 | 4 |
Arts and humanities | 7 | 7 |
Education | 7 | 5 |
Creative arts, design, or architecture | 3 | 3 |
Law | 3 | 2 |
