Table 1 Descriptive statistics by gender

Age in years (N = 155)

26–36

10 (11.9%)

13 (17.6%)

23

37–47

28 (33.3%)

30 (40.5%)

58

48–58

26 (31.0%)

20 (27.0%)

46

59–69

16 (19.0%)

10 (13.5%)

26

70+

2 (2.4%)

0 (0%)

2

Country of primary affiliation (N = 158)

HICs

61 (72.6%)

63 (85.1%)

124

LMICs

23 (27.4%)

11 (14.9%)

34

Educational attainment (N = 71)

Bachelor’s degree*

13 (15.5%)

12 (16.2%)

25

Master’s degree*

26 (31.0%)

14 (18.9%)

40

Doctoral degree*

0 (0%)

6 (8.1%)

6

Area of research specialization (N = 81)

Biomedical research

2 (2.4%)

1 (1.4%)

3

Clinical research

8 (9.5%)

6 (8.1%)

14

Population and public health (including health policy and systems research)

31 (36.9%)

29 (39.1%)

60

Other

3 (3.6%)

1 (1.4%)

4