Table 1
Demographic background of the chiropractors in the survey compared to the Danish Chiropractor's Association (DCA) and the Norwegian Chiropractor's Association (NCA).
| Danish participants n = 15 | DCA n = 455 | p | Norwegian participants n = 11 | NCA n = 397 | p | Total in survey | Total DCA and NCA | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||||
| - Female | 67% | 51% | 0,297 | 9% | 30% | 0,187 | 42% | 41% | 1,000 |
| - Male | 33% | 49% | 91% | 70% | 58% | 59% | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| - 20-29 | 27% | 6% | 0,037 | 0% | 16% | 0,025 | 15% | 11% | 0,261 |
| - 30-39 | 27% | 31% | 91% | 48% | 54% | 39% | |||
| - 40-49 | 20% | 38% | 0% | 18% | 12% | 29% | |||
| - 50-49 | 27% | 18% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 16% | |||
| - 60 or more | 0% | 7% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 5% | |||
| - missing | - | - | - | <1% | - | <1% | |||
| Country of graduation | |||||||||
| - DK | 53% | 33% | 0,181 | 27% | 11% | 0,479 | 42% | 23% | 0,218 |
| - UK | 7% | 22% | 36% | 37% | 19% | 29% | |||
| - USA/Canada | 40% | 45% | 36% | 41% | 39% | 43% | |||
| - Other | 0% | <1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | |||
| - missing | - | <1% | - | 7% | - | 3% | |||
| Clinical experience (years) | |||||||||
| 0-1 | 13% | 7% | 0,306 | 9% | - | 12% | - | ||
| 2-5 | 27% | 18% | 7% | - | 27% | - | |||
| 6-10 | 13% | 10% | 27% | - | 19% | - | |||
| 11-19 | 7% | 25% | 27% | - | 15% | - | |||
| more than 20 | 40% | 38% | 9% | - | 27% | - | |||
| missing | - | 2% | - | - | - | - | |||
| Size of town/village | |||||||||
| 0-20.000 | 7% | - | 0% | - | 4% | - | |||
| 20-100.000 | 33% | - | 73% | - | 50% | - | |||
| > 100.000 | 60% | - | 27% | - | 46% | - | |||
| Clinic owner/Employee | |||||||||
| - Clinic owner | 67% | 62% | 0,793 | 82% | - | 73% | - | ||
| - Employee | 3% | 38% | 18% | - | 27% | - | |||
Reported in percentages and p-values for the difference between distributions, tested by means of Fisher's exact test.