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Table 3 Factors influencing WIOC Alumni to join UK chiropractic professional associations

From: The factors and motivations behind United Kingdom chiropractic professional association membership: a survey of the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic Alumni

Factor

Unimportant

Moderately important

Important

N

%

N

%

N

%

Promoting public awareness of chiropractic

7

4.7

6

4.1

135

91.2

Access to professional indemnity insurance

4

2.7

12

8.1

132

89.2

Overall professionalism of the association

7

4.7

12

8.1

129

87.2

The identity of the association

12

8.1

21

14.2

115

77.7

Positive attitude to research

8

5.4

26

17.6

114

77.0

Workplace support and advice

16

10.8

30

20.3

102

68.9

Access to events \ courses \ seminars

25

16.9

28

18.9

95

64.2

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities

27

18.2

29

19.6

92

62.2

Cost of membership

15

10.1

45

30.4

88

59.5

Addresses my area of interest

17

11.5

48

32.4

83

56.1

Lobbying: Influencing policy

38

25.7

43

29.1

67

45.3

Career development

40

27.0

43

29.1

65

43.9

Associations newsletter

53

35.8

53

35.8

42

28.4

Requirement of employment

66

44.6

40

27.0

42

28.4

Many of my friends have joined

106

71.6

23

15.5

19

12.8

  1. The perceived influence of those factors present in the questionnaire in relation to the respondent’s decision to join a chiropractic professional association. Total number of respondents (148) was the same for each option presented, N indicates the number (and its relative percentage [%]) responding in each component