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Table 1 Demographic data of 344 chiropractors compared to recent national study

From: Managing patients with acute and chronic non-specific neck pain: are Danish chiropractors compliant with guidelines?

Gender

This Study (%)

Nielsen 2015 (%)

P-valuea

 Male

43

43

0.696

 Female

50

56

 Missing

6

1

Age group

This Study (%)

Nielsen 2015 (%)

P-valuea

 21–30

9

8

0.996

 31–40

28

32

 41–50

25

29

 51–60

22

22

 61–70

8

8

  > 70

<1

<1

 Missing

8

0

Country of graduation

This Study (%)

Nielsen 2015 (%)

P-valuea

 Denmark

44

46

0.305

 United Kingdom

20

19

 United States of America

26

29

 Canada

2

2

 Other

0

1

 Missing

7

2

Years since graduation

This Study (%)

Nielsen 2015 (%)

P-valuea

 0–10

26

28

0.821

 11–20

15

24

 21–30

18

24

  > 30

11

13

 Missing

30

10

General employmenta

This Study (%)

Nielsen 2015 (%)

P-valuea

 Clinic owner

58

58

0.942

 Private employee

32

30

 Public employee

9

12

 Health ensurance employee

8

6

 Other

3b

3

 Missing

7

4

Region of employmentb

This Study (%)

Nielsen 2015 (%)

P-valuea

 North Denmark Region

7

10

0.962

 Central Denmark Region

19

21

 Region of Southern Denmark

28

27

 Region Zealand

16

15

 Capitol region of Denmark

24

26

 Missing

8

1

  1. aThe option to give more than one answer was explicitly stated in the questionnaire, bOne employed at the Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, two external lectors, one PhD student, one on maternity leave, one part time consultant, one unemployed, one censor and one medicine student. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding