Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of respondents to the online survey, September, 2012 (n = 241)

Sex

Male

208

86.3

Female

33

13.7

Age

<26

19

7.9

26-35

103

42.7

36-45

71

29.5

46-55

39

16.2

>55

9

3.7

Institution

Addis Ababa University

87

36.1

Jimma University

49

20.3

EHNRI

35

14.5

University of Gondar

27

11.2

Others (MOH, MOST etc.)

43

17.8

Highest qualification

Bachelor

20

8.3

MD/DVM

14

5.8

Masters

129

53.5

Specialty

32

13.3

PhD

35

14.5

Others (e.g. PGD)

11

4.6

Major training (multiple responses)

Biology

28

11.6

Public Health

90

37.3

Social Science

13

5.4

Medicine

63

26.1

Laboratory

33

13.7

Nursing

19

7.9

Others (e.g. Environmental health, health promotion etc.)

63

26.1

Roles in research (multiple responses)

Lead researcher/ PI

198

82.2

Co-investigators

179

74.3

Data collector

92

38.2

Field Worker

76

31.5

Ethics committee member

62

25.7

Data encoder

23

9.5

Other

19

7.9

Training on research ethics

Yes

158

65.6

No

83

34.4