Table 4 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants.
From: Elementary school teachers’ perspectives about learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Canada | USA | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | prop | n | prop | n | prop | |
Education | ||||||
∘ | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.00 |
∘ High-School | 5 | 0.01 | 9 | 0.02 | 14 | 0.02 |
∘ College (2 years) | 33 | 0.07 | 32 | 0.07 | 65 | 0.07 |
∘ College (4 years) | 248 | 0.55 | 217 | 0.48 | 465 | 0.51 |
∘ Master’s | 155 | 0.35 | 188 | 0.41 | 343 | 0.38 |
∘ Ph.D. | 8 | 0.02 | 9 | 0.02 | 17 | 0.02 |
Employment status | ||||||
∘ Part-time (<50% full-time) | 8 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.02 | 16 | 0.02 |
∘ Part-time (51–70% full-time) | 17 | 0.04 | 14 | 0.03 | 31 | 0.03 |
∘ Part-time (71–90% full-time) | 51 | 0.11 | 32 | 0.07 | 83 | 0.09 |
∘ Full-time (>90% full time) | 374 | 0.83 | 404 | 0.88 | 778 | 0.86 |
Special education teachers | ||||||
∘ Yes | 72 | 0.16 | 120 | 0.26 | 192 | 0.21 |
∘ No | 366 | 0.84 | 338 | 0.74 | 704 | 0.79 |
Student socio-economic background | ||||||
∘ Low-income | 38 | 0.09 | 130 | 0.29 | 168 | 0.19 |
∘ Mix of low- and middle-income | 105 | 0.24 | 113 | 0.25 | 218 | 0.25 |
∘ Middle-income | 203 | 0.47 | 127 | 0.28 | 330 | 0.37 |
∘ Mix of middle- and high-income | 56 | 0.13 | 63 | 0.14 | 119 | 0.13 |
∘ High-income | 33 | 0.07 | 20 | 0.04 | 53 | 0.06 |
Grades participants were teaching during the 2020-2021 school year | ||||||
∘ 1 | 44 | 0.10 | 53 | 0.12 | 97 | 0.11 |
∘ 2 | 44 | 0.10 | 40 | 0.09 | 84 | 0.09 |
∘ 3 | 56 | 0.12 | 47 | 0.10 | 103 | 0.11 |
∘ 4 | 61 | 0.13 | 57 | 0.12 | 118 | 0.13 |
∘ 5 | 59 | 0.13 | 50 | 0.11 | 109 | 0.12 |
∘ 6 | 49 | 0.11 | 36 | 0.08 | 85 | 0.09 |
∘ Multiple grades | 140 | 0.31 | 175 | 0.38 | 315 | 0.35 |
Teaching experience | ||||||
Mean (years) | 10.05 | 11.81 | 10.95 | |||
SD | 7.34 | 9.52 | 8.56 | |||
