Table 2

Reported Behaviors: Percent who agreed with "I routinely initiate the topic of woman abuse."


Full Study Sample
Nurses
Physicians

PROFESSION
Nurse
31.8% (190)


Physician
42.1% (138)


Missing
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SEX
Female*
34.2% (247)
32.0% (186)
44.2% (61)
Male
39.4% (80)
---
40.5% (77)
Missing
---
---
0
AGE (years)
20–29*
28.1% (18)
23.2% (13)
71.4% (5)
30–39*
32.8% (76)
26.4% (38)
43.2% (38)
40–49
34.1% (105)
29.8% (57)
41.0% (48)
50–59
40.7% (109)
39.2% (67)
44.2% (42)
60+
36.5% (19)
45.2% (14)
23.8% (5)
Missing
---
---
0
CURRENT AREA OF PRACTICE
Family Medicine*
36.7% (110)
23.6% (13)
39.8% (97)
Emergency Medicine*
29.4% (58)
24.7% (40)
52.9% (18)
Public Health
49.4% (82)
49.4% (80)
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OB/gyn/newborn
27.1% (57)
25.1% (45)
40.0% (12)
Retired + other
29.7% (11)
25.0% (8)
---
Missing
52.4% (11)
---
53.8% (7)
YEARS IN CURRENT AREA OF PRACTICE
Less than 10 years*
35.0% (143)
29.5% (80)
46.6% (62)
10 years or more
36.0% (183)
34.0% (108)
39.7% (75)
Missing
---
---
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The table shows the percent that endorsed both "agree" and "strongly agree"; the number in the parenthesis is the sample size; ---: proportion suppressed, based on fewer than 5 observations; OB/gyn/newborn: Obstetrics/gynaecology/care of newborns ;*: Z test indicates a statistically significant difference between Nurses and Physicians, p < 0.05

Gutmanis et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-12