Table 1

Background variables of all physicians at the FSHS and of the respondents.

All physicians

Respondents

(n = 76)

(n = 52)

%

%

Gender

Male

34

29

Female

66

71

Age (years)

45 or under

33

31

46–55

39

42

56 or over

28

27

Location

Capital city region

38

42

Turku and Tampere

28

27

Other¹⁾

34

31

Speciality licence

General practitioner

63

69

Specialist

37

31

Type of employment

Permanent

68

85

Non-permanent²⁾

32

15

Distribution (%) of background variables of all physicians at the Finnish Student Health Service and of the respondents of the survey.

¹⁾Small university towns

²⁾Vicars and fee-based working doctors

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