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Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants by age

From: Airplane pilot mental health and suicidal thoughts: a cross-sectional descriptive study via anonymous web-based survey

 

Age <41

n (%)

Age 41 to 50

n (%)

Age 51 to 60

n (%)

Age >60

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Participants who indicated age

489 (26.8)

493 (27.0)

449 (24.6)

395 (21.6)

1826 (100%)

Gender (n = 1826)a

 Female

114 (23.3)

71 (14.4)

56 (12.5)

9 (2.3)

250 (13.7)

 Male

375 (76.7)

422 (85.6)

393 (87.5)

386 (97.7)

1576 (86.3)

Tenure (n = 1826)a

  < 6 years

165 (33.7)

17 (3.5)

8 (1.8)

1 (0.3)

191 (10.5)

 6–10 years

206 (42.1)

94 (19.1)

15 (3.3)

4 (1.0)

319 (17.5)

 11–15 years

100 (20.5)

140 (28.4)

56 (12.5)

12 (3.0)

308 (16.9)

 16–20 years

18 (3.7)

168 (34.1)

85 (18.9)

30 (7.6)

301 (16.5)

 21–25 years

0 (0.0)

68 (13.8)

110 (24.5)

43 (10.9)

221 (12.1)

  > 25 years

0 (0.0)

6 (1.2)

175 (39.0)

305 (77.2)

486 (26.6)

Recently Workedb (n = 1826)a

 No

20 (4.1)

31 (6.3)

53 (11.8)

308 (78.0)

412 (22.6)

 Yes

469 (95.9)

462 (93.7)

396 (88.2)

87 (22.0)

1414 (77.4)

Education (n = 1817)a

 Less than high school diploma

2 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.7)

2 (0.5)

8 (0.4)

 High school or GED

60 (12.4)

72 (14.7)

49 (10.9)

38 (9.6)

219 (12.1)

 Some college, no degree

85 (17.6)

82 (16.7)

53 (11.8)

81 (20.5)

301 (16.6)

 Two-year college degree

62 (12.8)

47 (9.6)

27 (6.0)

26 (6.6)

162 (8.9)

 Four-year college degree

217 (44.9)

221 (45.0)

226 (50.5)

148 (37.5)

812 (44.7)

 Graduate education

57 (11.8)

68 (13.9)

90 (20.1)

100 (25.3)

315 (17.3)

Marital Status (n = 1817)a

 Married

274 (56.7)

395 (80.5)

356 (79.5)

325 (82.3)

1350 (74.3)

 Widowed

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.7)

14 (3.5)

18 (1.0)

 Divorced

11 (2.3)

35 (7.1)

42 (9.4)

29 (7.3)

117 (6.4)

 Separated

4 (0.8)

12 (2.4)

4 (0.9)

8 (2.0)

28 (1.5)

 Never Married

106 (22.0)

23 (4.7)

20 (4.5)

8 (2.0)

157 (8.6)

 Living with partner

87 (18.0)

26 (5.3)

23 (5.1)

11 (2.8)

147 (8.1)

  1. aTwo-sided Fisher’s exact test p-value <0.01
  2. bRecently worked means worked one trip as an airline pilot in past 30 days