Table 2 Demographics of pharmacy staff across the three countries and cross-country comparisons
Demographic Characteristics | Ireland (n = 464) (n,%) | South Africa (n = 123) (n,%) | UK (n = 129) (n, %) | Test statistic χ2(df) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||
Male | 168 (36.2%) | 53 (43.1%) | 44 (34.1%) | 0.28 | |
Female | 296 (63.8%) | 70 (56.9%) | 85 (65.9%) | 2.54 (2) | |
Age | |||||
20–39 | 278 (59.9%) | 41 (33.3%) | 72 (55.8%) | 41.70 (2) | < 0.001* |
40+ | 186 (40.1%) | 82 (66.7%) | 57 (44.2%) | ||
Number of years in practice: Median (Range) | 12 (1–49) | 25 (0–49) | 15 (1–48) | 42.03 (2) | < 0.001* |
Type of location | |||||
Urban | 261 (56.3%) | 84 (68.3%) | 75 (58.6%) | 11.03 (4) | 0.02* |
Rural | 99 (21.3%) | 17 (13.8%) | 17 (13.3%) | ||
Both | 102 (22.0%) | 21 (17.1%) | 36 (28.1%) | ||
Missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Type of pharmacy | |||||
Community/retail | 400 (86.2%) | 98 (83.1%) | 117 (95.1%) | 8.80 (2) | 0.01* |
Others (Academic, Hospital, More than one type of pharmacy) | 61 (13.1%) | 24 (16.9%) | 10 (4.9) | ||
Missing | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Position | |||||
Full-time | 317 (68.3%) | 87 (71.9%) | 91 (70.5%) | 21.65 (6) | < 0.001* |
Part-time | 57 (12.3%) | 4 (3.3%) | 16 (12.4%) | ||
Locum | 67 (14.4%) | 14 (11.6%) | 13 (10.1%) | ||
Pharmacy assistant | 20 (4.3%) | 16 (13.2%) | 9 (7.0%) | ||
Nearby pharmacies | |||||
0 | 49 (10.7%) | 17 (13.8%) | 12 (9.3%) | 53.54 (8) | |
1–5 | 175 (38.0%) | 76 (61.8%) | 82 (63.6%) | < 0.001* | |
6–10 | 140 (30.4%) | 26 (21.1%) | 19 (14.7%) | ||
11–19 | 61 (13.3%) | 3 (2.4%) | 11 (8.5%) | ||
20 or more | 35 (7.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | 5 (3.9%) | ||
448 (98.0%) | 120 (99.2%) | 125 (98.4%) | 0.76 (2) | 0.68 | |