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Table 1 Responding organization characteristics

From: ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the 'new ParticipACTION': A quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacity

Organizational Characteristic

Frequency (n)

(%)

How many years has your organization been involved in promoting PA/health?

  

Less than 5 years

7

(3.9%)

5-10

19

(10.6%)

11-15

20

(11.2%)

16-20

12

(6.7%)

More than 20 years

121

(67.6%)

Total

179

100%

Do you work mainly at the national, provincial or territorial, or local level?

  

national

64

(29.6%)

provincial/territorial

66

(30.6%)

local

75

(34.7%)

other

11

(5.1%)

Total

216

100%

How many people are there in your organization who work full time?

  

Less than 10 employees

67

(38.1%)

10-39 employees

27

(15.3%)

40 or more employees

82

(46.6%)

Total

176

100%

1 Do you work in the government, not-for-profit or private sector?

  

Government

87

(47.5%)

Not-for-profit

93

(50.8%)

Private

3

(1.6%)

Total

183

100%

2What is the primary mandate of your organization?

  

Public health/Health Care

19

(10.3%)

Sport and Recreation/Recreation

63

(34.1%)

Education

89

(48.0%)

Urban Planning, Transportation

0

(0.0%)

Other

14

(7.6%)

Total

185

100%

  1. Note: Analysis for Objectives 2 & 3:
  2. 1. Organizational sector: post-secondary (n = 1) and education (n = 40) were combined with government since all educational facilities are affiliated with provincial education and school boards. The private sector (n = 3) was not included in the analysis.
  3. 2. Organizational mandate: public health (n = 12) and health care (n = 7) were combined; recreation (n = 8) and sport and recreation (n = 55) were combined; education (n = 89) was left unchanged. Urban planning (n = 0), transportation (n = 0) and other (which was undefined) (n = 14) were omitted from the analysis.