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Table 1 Background characteristics.

From: An online expert network for high quality information on occupational safety and health: cross-sectional study of user satisfaction and impact

Characteristic

Questioners ArboAntwoord responding to questionnaire

%

All questioners ArboAntwoord (web domain data)

%

General Dutch working population§

%

Gender

Female

47

47

44

 

Male

53

53

56

Age

15-29 Years

11

17

11

 

30-39 Years

23

23

23

 

40-49 Years

35

23

28

 

50-59 Years

28

18

25

 

≥ 60 years

3

1

13

 

Missing

-

19

-

Educational level

Low

23

12

22

 

Intermediate

37

35

45

 

High

40

34

33

 

Missing

-

19

-

Occupation

OSH professional

17

16

Unknown

 

Employee

67

68

 
 

Manager or employer

13

10

 
 

Other

3

5

 
 

Missing

-

1

 

Company Size

Small

34

39

43

 

Medium

38

29

37

 

Large

26

24

20

 

Missing

2

8

-

Sector

Agriculture and fishery

3

Unknown

1

 

Industry

18

 

12

 

Construction industry

4

 

5

 

Trade

8

 

16

 

Transport and communication

5

 

6

 

Financial services

2

 

5

 

Business services

19

 

17

 

Public Policy/Civil Service

4

 

7

 

Education

8

 

7

 

Healthcare

19

 

16

 

Culture and other services

9

 

8

 

Missing

1

 

-

Internet use per week

0-10 hours

52

Unknown

Unknown

 

≥ 11 hours

46

  
 

Missing

2

  
  1. Background characteristics of the ArboAntwoord questioners responding to the questionnaire (N = 232), of all ArboAntwoord questioners based on their web domain data (N = 460) and of the general Dutch working population.
  2. §Data extracted from the national bureau of statistics (CBS) [42] and research centre TNO [43], both accessed August 4th 2011. The samples include both active and non-active work-participating individuals.