Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, for students and professionals
Sociodemographic characteristics | Students | Professionals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Global | Medicine | Veterinary science | EH | P-value | Global | Physicians | Veterinarians | EH technicians | P-value | |
n | 254 | 140 | 98 | 16 | Â | 232 | 116 | 57 | 59 | Â |
Median age, years [IQR] | 21 [19–24] | 21 [19–23] | 21 [20–24] | 20.5 [20–21] | 0.146 (H = 3.8, df = 2) | 38 [30–46] | 36 [30–46] | 36 [30–46] | 42.5 [32.25–45.75] | 0.350 (H = 2.1, df = 2) |
Gender, % (n) | ||||||||||
 Male | 16.7 (42/252) | 20.1 (28/139) | 12.4 (12/97) | 12.5 (2/16) | 0.259 (χ2 = 2.7, df = 2) | 23.3 (54/232) | 28.4 (33/116) | 17.5 (10/57) | 18.6 (11/59) | 0.174 (χ2 = 3.5, df = 2) |
 Female | 83.3 (210/252) | 79.9 (111/139) | 87.6 (85/97) | 87.5 (14/16) |  | 76.7 (178/232) | 71.6 (83/116) | 82.5 (47/57) | 81.4 (48/59) |  |
Region of work/study, % (n) | ||||||||||
 Norte | 26.2 (66/252) | 20.1 (28/139) | 37.1 (36/97) | 12.5 (2/16) |  < 0.001* (FET = 70.5) | 32.5 (75/231) | 36.5 (42/115) | 21.1 (12/57) | 35.6 (21/59) | 0.011* (FET = 21.0) |
 Centro | 10.7 (27/252) | 11.5 (16/139) | 0 (0/97) | 68.8 (11/16) |  | 18.2 (42/231) | 23.5 (27/115) | 8.8 (5/57) | 16.9 (10/59) |  |
 LVT | 55.6 (140/252) | 68.3 (95/139) | 43.3 (42/97) | 18.7 (3/16) |  | 38.5 (89/231) | 33.0 (38/115) | 54.4 (31/57) | 33.9 (20/59) |  |
 Alentejo | 7.5 (19/252) | NA | 19.6 (19/97) | NA |  | 3.0 (7/231) | 1.7 (2/115) | 7.0 (4/57) | 1.7 (1/59) |  |
 Algarve | NA | NA | NA | NA |  | 5.6 (13/231) | 3.5 (4/115) | 8.8 (5/57) | 6.8 (4/59) |  |
 Açores/Madeira | NA | NA | NA | NA |  | 2.2 (5/231) | 1.7 (2/115) | 0 (0/57) | 5.1 (3/59) |  |