The first research agenda for the chiropractic profession in Europe

doi:10.1186/2045-709X-22-9

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Chiropr Man Therap. 2014; 22: 9.

Published online 2014 Feb 10. doi: 10.1186/2045-709X-22-9

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Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (N = 60)

Characteristic	Mean (SD)	Percentage (%)
Age (yr.)	47 (7)
Gender (% male)		64
Highest academic degree achieved
PhD		49
MSc		29
Other (DC, BSc, MD)		22
Degree in chiropractic (% yes)		91
Country where chiropractic degree was received
UK/Europe		49
North America		44
Australia		7
Primary place of work
Academic		63
Clinical practice		30
Combination clinical practice + academic		4
Administration		2
University/institutional affiliation
Anglo-European Chiropractic College (AECC)		28
No academic affiliation		17
Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics (NIKKB)		13
University of Southern Denmark (SDU)		7
Welsh Institute of Chiropractic, University of Glamorgan		7
Franco-European Institute of Chiropractic (IFEC)		5
VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam		5
Other¹		18

¹The following universities/institutions represent <5% of the total:Karolinska Institute (3%), Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist (University of Zurich) (3%), University of Oslo (3%), Swiss Chiropractic Institute (3%), University of Stavanger (2%), National University of Health Sciences (2%), University of Southampton (2%).