This page shows a selection of the demographic information collected by the HWRP survey, filterable by discipline and occupation. There are side-by-side presentations to allow the user to compare between different disciplines, occupations, or compared with the whole workforce.
Discipline: Discipline is a grouping of related professions working in a specific aspect of healthcare. For example, the Dentistry discipline contains both Dentists and Dental Hygienists. Selecting a discipline will show only related occupations in the associated occupation list.
Occupation: Occupation is a grouping of providers based on the professional license type held in Oregon.
A full listing of associated license types and administering boards can be found here: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/ANALYTICS/HealthCareWorkforceReporting/HWRP-Program-Description.pdf
Race/ethnicity: Race and ethnicity were collected and analyzed using REALD procedures and methodology, as outlined in the 2020 REALD Implementation Guide. Survey respondents were first asked an open-response question about how they identify their race, ethnicity, and tribal affiliation. Respondents then selected all that apply from a list of 41 racial or ethnic subgroups. If a respondent only selected one subgroup, the respondent was assigned to that race or ethnicity subgroup for data analysis. If the respondent selected more than one subgroup, the respondent could indicate if they thought of one subgroup as their primary racial or ethnic identity and they were assigned to the indicated primary race or ethnicity subgroup for analysis. If the respondent did not indicate a primary racial or ethnic identity but selected multiple race or ethnicity subgroups, the race or ethnicity subgroup was assigned using the “rarest race first” methodology as described on page 94 of the REALD Implementation Guide.
Gender: The HWRP survey currently has one question about gender, with response options of Female, Male, Prefer to self-describe, and Don’t want to answer/decline. Respondents who choose to self-describe have the option of entering an open text description of their gender.
While this chart displays responses to a question about gender, only binary sex response options were provided. Since sex and gender were combined, these responses do not capture many gender experiences. Some people with minority gender identities may have had their genders inaccurately recorded as "female" or "male." Open text descriptions predominantly included gender identities.
Of those choosing to self-describe (0.56 percent, n=740), the frequently reported self-descriptions included: non-binary (43.6 percent), transgender (5.2 percent), genderqueer (6.1 percent) and genderfluid (3.4 percent).
Disabilities: Survey respondents were asked if they experience functional difficulties, including a physical, mental, or emotional condition that limits their activities in any way; difficulty hearing; seeing; mobility (walking or climbing stairs); self-care (dressing or bathing); or independent living (doing errands alone). The measure presented here reports what percentage of individuals out of the selected population report from zero to six of these functional difficulty areas.
Disability data collected by the Oregon Medical Board does not match the question set for other boards, and will appear blank on this display.
For general information about demographic data collection in HWRP, please see our report on The Diversity of Oregon's Licensed Health Care Workforce.