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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population

From: Perspectives of researchers, science policy makers and research ethics committee members on the feedback of individual genetic research findings in African genomics research

Description

Item

Number (n) and percentage (%)

Highest level of education

Doctoral

(n = 43, 47%)

  

(n = 37, 42%)

 

BSc

(n = 9, 10%)

 

Other

(n = 2, 2%)

Role in research

Researcher

(n = 60, 68%)

 

Team leader

(n = 17, 19%)

Ethics committee member

(n = 23, 26%)

Science policy maker

(n = 3, 3%)

Other

(n = 7, 8%)

Research experience

Less than 1 year

(n = 6, 9%)

 

1–2 years

(n = 15, 22%)

 

3–5 years

(n = 20, 29%)

 

6–10 years

(n = 11, 16%)

More than 10 years

(n = 16, 24%)

Years served as ethics committee member

Less than 1 year

(n = 3, 13%)

 

1–2 years

(n = 2, 9%)

3–5 years

(n = 11, 49%)

6–10 years

(n = 1, 4%)

More than 10 years

(n = 6, 26%)

Years of experience in science policy development

6–10 years

(n = 1, 33%)

More than 10 years

(n = 2, 67%)