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Table 1 General demographic data of the respondents (%/mean ± SE)

From: Opinions on conscientious objection to induced abortion among Finnish medical and nursing students and professionals

 

M 1 st year

M 5 th year

MD

N 1 st year

N 4 th year

Nurse

P value

Number of respondents

93

71

76

92

85

131

 

Response rate (%)

92

89

66

100

97

84

 

Sex

      

<10−5

 Male (%)

50.5

38.0

26.3

13.0

9.4

5.3

 

 Female (%)

49.5

62.0

73.7

87.0

90.6

94.7

 

Age (years)

22 ± <1A

26 ± <1B

43 ± 1C

25 ± 1A

29 ± 1B

40 ± 1C

<10−5

Work experience (years)

N/A

N/A

18 ± 1

N/A

N/A

14 ± 1

 

Children

       

 With children (%)

1.1

11.4

78.9

33.7

36.9

80.2

<10−5

Marital status

      

<10−5

 Single (%)

78.5

52.1

10.5

44.6

21.2

12.2

 

 Marriage or cohabitation (%)

21.5

46.5

84.2

53.3

74.1

74.8

 

 Divorced or separated (%)

0.0

1.4

2.6

2.2

3.5

11.5

 

 Widow (%)

0.0

0.0

2.6

0.0

1.2

1.5

 
  1. M = medical student, MD = medical doctor, N = nursing student, N/A = not applicable. Means with no common letter differ at p < 10−5 within the medical or nursing respondents (Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA).