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Table 1 A comparison of the study samples with the sourced population

From: The one-week prevalence of neck pain and low back pain in post-secondary students at two Canadian institutions

 

Ontario Tech University

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

 

Faculty of Health Sciences

Faculty of Education

Variable

Population (n = 1931)

Sample

(n = 675)

Population

(n = 268)

Sample

(n = 207)

Population

(n = 766)

Sample

(n = 510)

Age (SD)

24

22.1 (5.5)

28

25.6 (4.8)

25

24.56 (2.7)

Gender = Female

75.9%

79.9%

66.7%

68.1%

55.4%

60.0%

Year of Study

      

1

18.1%

25.3%

52.4%

33.3%

26.0%

25.7%

2

26.3%

25.6%

47.6%

34.8%

24.8%

26.9%

3

27.2%

21.0%

0%

0%

24.3%

29.2%

4

25.5%

26.5%

0%

0%

24.9%

18.2%

5+

2.9%

1.5%

0%

31.9%1

0%

0%

  1. 1 – Students may have been confused by the question and responded as year 5 + if they had completed their undergraduate degree at Ontario Tech and were continuing with their Bachelor of Education at the same institution, thereby making them assume they are year 5 + total, compared to year 1 or 2 of the second program