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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (N = 60)

From: The first research agenda for the chiropractic profession in Europe

Characteristic

Mean (SD)

Percentage (%)

Age (yr.)

47 (7)

 

Gender (% male)

 

64

Highest academic degree achieved

  

 PhD

 

49

 MSc

 

29

 Other (DC, BSc, MD)

 

22

Degree in chiropractic (% yes)

 

91

Country where chiropractic degree was received

  

 UK/Europe

 

49

 North America

 

44

 Australia

 

7

Primary place of work

  

 Academic

 

63

 Clinical practice

 

30

 Combination clinical practice + academic

 

4

 Administration

 

2

University/institutional affiliation

  

 Anglo-European Chiropractic College (AECC)

 

28

 No academic affiliation

 

17

 Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics (NIKKB)

 

13

 University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

 

7

 Welsh Institute of Chiropractic, University of Glamorgan

 

7

 Franco-European Institute of Chiropractic (IFEC)

 

5

 VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam

 

5

 Other1

 

18

  1. 1The following universities/institutions represent <5% of the total:Karolinska Institute (3%), Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist (University of Zurich) (3%), University of Oslo (3%), Swiss Chiropractic Institute (3%), University of Stavanger (2%), National University of Health Sciences (2%), University of Southampton (2%).