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Table 3 Characteristics of survey respondents for tobacco control and road safety (n = 153)

From: Understanding political priority development for public health issues in Turkey: lessons from tobacco control and road safety

Variable

Categories

Road safety

n (%)

Tobacco control

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Age range (n = 153)

18 to 30

7 (7.6%)

6 (9.5%)

13 (8.5%)

31 to 40

33 (35.9%)

11 (18.0%)

44 (28.8%)

41 to 50

24 (26.1%)

27 (44.3%)

51 (33.3%)

51 to 60

22 (23.9%)

13 (21.3%)

35 (22.9%)

61+

6 (6.5%)

4 (6.6%)

10 (6.5%)

Sex

(n = 152)

Male

65 (70.7%)

22 (36.7%)

87 (57.2%)

Female

27 (29.4%)

38 (63.3%)

65 (42.8%)

Education

(n = 152)

Primary education

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

High school

1 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

Associate’s/Bachelor’s

29 (31.5%)

7 (11.7%)

36 (23.7%)

Master’s

27 (29.4%)

13 (21.7%)

40 (26.3%)

Doctoral

35 (38.0%)

40 (66.7%)

75 (49.3%)

Years working on the public health issue

(n = 153)

Less than 5

31 (35.9%)

22 (36.1%)

53 (34.6%)

5 to 9

21 (22.8%)

17 (27.9%)

38 (24.8%)

More than 10

40 (43.5%)

22 (36.1%)

62 (40.5%)

Organisational affiliation

(n = 152)

Government/Public sector

37 (40.2%)

11 (18.3%)

48 (31.6%)

Civil society – Turkey

11 (12.0%)

5 (8.3%)

16 (10.5%)

Civil society – International

0 (0.0%)

2 (3.3%)

2 (1.3%)

University/Academia

22 (23.9%)

41 (68.3%)

63 (41.5%)

International multilateral or bilateral organisation

4 (4.4%)

1 (1.7%)

5 (3.3%)

Private sector/Industry

17 (19.6%)

0 (0.0%)

17 (11.2%)

Others

1 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)