Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (n = 875)
From: Dental careers: findings of a national dental workforce survey
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 366 (41.8) |
Female | 486 (55.5) |
Not disclosed | 23 (2.6) |
Ethnicity | |
White | 619 (75.4) |
Multiple ethnicity | 16 (2.0) |
Asian/Asian British | 158 (19.2) |
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British | 11 (1.3) |
Others | 17 (2.1) |
Country obtained qualification | |
Within UK | 769 (88.1) |
Outside UK | 104 (11.9) |
Duration of primary job role | |
0-5 years | 318 (36.4) |
6-10 years | 117 (13.4) |
11-15 years | 95 (10.9) |
16-20 years | 237 (27.1) |
21+ years | 107 (12.2) |
Primary role setting | |
Primary care | 550 (62.9) |
Secondary care | 148 (16.9) |
University | 56 (6.4) |
Community dental services | 88 (10.1) |
Armed forces/other | 33 (3.8) |
Place of current work | |
Within UK only | 850 (97.7) |
Outside and within UK | 8 (0.9) |
Not currently in employment | 12 (1.4) |
Experience working in other places | |
Within UK only | 177 (20.9) |
Outside and within UK | 143 (16.9) |
Nowhere else | 527 (62.2) |
Current main role | |
General dental practitioner | 447 (81.3) |
Dentist with special interest/extended skills | 68 (12.4) |
Specialist | 24 (4.4) |
Other | 11 (2.0) |
Further roles in other settings | |
No further roles | 517 (62.1) |
1 role | 272 (32.7) |
≥2 roles | 43 (5.2) |
Employment | |
Full-time (5 days a week) | 449 (51.7) |
More than 5 days a week | 47 (5.4) |
Part-time | 373 (42.9) |
Type of service | |
NHS | 62 (11.7) |
Private | 52 (9.8) |
Mixed | 415 (78.5) |
