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International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 7 1:1 Interview participant demographics

From: Examination of current U.S. female firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) sizing and fitting process challenges: an opportunity to improve safety

Attribute

Participant response

N

Percentage

Type of fire fighter

Career

26

86.3 %

Volunteer

2

4.5 %

Both career and volunteer

3

9.1 %

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish

24

77 %

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish

4

13 %

Preferred not to answer

3

10 %

Race

White

21

68 %

 

Other

3

10 %

 

Black/African American

6

19 %

 

Preferred not to answer

1

3 %

  1. Total participants = 31. 100% of the participants responded to all of the demographic questions