Table 3 Characteristics of survey-respondents and focus group (FG) participants
| Â | survey respondents | respondents interested in FG | actual FG participants (rounds 1 and 2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | valid %1 | n | valid %2 | n | valid %3 | n | |
sex | male | 41.6 | (84) | 50.8 | (33) | 51.1 | (24) |
female | 58.4 | (118) | 49.2 | (32) | 48.9 | (23) | |
age | 18–29 years | 15.9 | (32) | 17.2 | (11) | 21.3 | (10) |
30–39 years | 9.5 | (19) | 6.3 | (4) | 4.3 | (2) | |
40–49 years | 16.9 | (34) | 14.1 | (9) | 19.1 | (9) | |
50–59 years | 22.9 | (46) | 31.3 | (20) | 25.5 | (12) | |
60–69 years | 11.4 | (23) | 9.4 | (6) | 10.6 | (5) | |
70–79 years | 16.9 | (34) | 17.2 | (11) | 14.9 | (7) | |
80 or older | 6.5 | (13) | 4.7 | (3) | 4.3 | (2) | |
school education | low | 13.9 | (28) | 7.7 | (5) | 6.4 | (3) |
middle | 23.4 | (47) | 21.5 | (14) | 21.3 | (10) | |
high | 57.7 | (116) | 66.2 | (43) | 68.1 | (32) | |
“other” | 5.0 | (10) | 4.6 | (3) | 4.3 | (2) | |
ever worked in health-care sector? | yes | 20.5 | (159) | 28.1 | (18) | 28.3 | (13) |
no | 79.5 | (41) | 71.9 | (46) | 71.7 | (33) | |
ever participated in research project (medicine or other)? | yes | 15.4 | (31) | 28.1 | (18) | 25.5 | (12) |
no | 84.6 | (170) | 71.9 | (46) | 74.5 | (35) | |
nationality | only German | 92.1 | (187) | 96.9 | (63) | 97.9 | (46) |
German and other | 1.5 | (3) | 1.5 | (1) | 2.1 | (1) | |
only other | 6.4 | (13) | 1.5 | (1) | 0.0 | (0) | |