Table 1 Participants’ characteristics
Variable (short name in bold) | Total | Denmark | Norway | Sweden | P a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 774 | N = 344 | N = 349 | N = 81 | ||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Gender, female | 339 | (43.8) | 185 | (53.8) | 122 | (35.0) | 32 | (39.5) | < 0.001 |
Age categories, years | |||||||||
21–30 | 130 | (16.8) | 37 | (10.8) | 90 | (25.8) | 3 | (3.7) | < 0.001 |
31–40 | 252 | (32.6) | 89 | (25.9) | 141 | (40.4) | 22 | (27.2) | |
41–50 | 183 | (23.6) | 92 | (26.7) | 69 | (19.8) | 22 | (27.2) | |
51–60 | 140 | (18.1) | 90 | (26.2) | 27 | (7.7) | 23 | (28.4) | |
60+ | 65 | (8.4) | 34 | (9.9) | 20 | (5.7) | 11 | (13.6) | |
Years since graduating as a chiropractor (Experience) | |||||||||
0–5 | 194 | (25.1) | 59 | (17.2) | 127 | (36.4) | 8 | (9.9) | < 0.001 |
6–10 | 148 | (19.1) | 54 | (15.7) | 84 | (24.1) | 10 | (12.4) | |
11–15 | 108 | (14.0) | 53 | (15.4) | 42 | (12.0) | 13 | (16.1) | |
16–20 | 68 | (8.8) | 24 | (7.0) | 30 | (8.6) | 14 | (17.3) | |
21+ | 248 | (32.4) | 151 | (43.9) | 63 | (18.1) | 34 | (42.0) | |
Country of graduation (graduation country) | |||||||||
Denmark | 227 | (32.8) | 169 | (49.1) | 58 | (16.6) | NA | < 0.001 | |
USA | 167 | (24.1) | 94 | (27.3) | 73 | (20.9) | NA | ||
UK (excluding Wales) | 242 | (34.9) | 68 | (19.8) | 174 | (49.9) | NA | ||
Other (Australia, Canada and Wales) | 50 | (7.2) | 9 | (2.6) | 41 | (11.8) | NA | ||
In what capacity(ies), do you work as a chiropractor?b (Working as) | |||||||||
Clinic owner | 497 | (64.2) | 220 | (64.0) | 214 | (61.3) | 63 | (77.8) | 0.356 |
Employee, private clinic | 284 | (36.7) | 124 | (36.1) | 144 | (41.3) | 16 | (19.8) | < 0.001 |
Intern | 47 | (6.1) | 19 | (5.5) | 27 | (7.7) | 1 | (1.2) | < 0.001 |
Teacher | 36 | (4.7) | 25 | (7.3) | 10 | (2.9) | 1 | (1.2) | < 0.001 |
Researcher | 16 | (2.1) | 8 | (2.3) | 3 | (0.9) | 5 | (6.2) | 0.508 |
Employee, public hospital | 16 | (2.1) | 11 | (3.2) | 2 | (0.6) | 3 | (3.7) | < 0.001 |
Employee, insurance company | 33 | (4.3) | 31 | (9.0) | 2 | (0.6) | 0 | 0 | < 0.001 |
Other | 43 | (5.6) | 13 | (3.8) | 24 | (6.9) | 6 | (7.4) | < 0.001 |