Table 1. Distribution of social and demographic characteristics of the primary care physicians, by country.
| Items | Portuguese | Spanish | χ2 test p values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Brazil (n = 150) | Bolivia (n = 38) | Chile (n = 32) | Cuba (n = 192) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 97 (65.1) | 19 (50) | 21 (65.6) | 108 (61.5) | 0.23 |
| Male | 53 (34.9) | 19 (50) | 11 (34.4) | 74 (38.5) | |
| Age | |||||
| ≥ 41 | 85 (56.8) | 12 (31.5) | 18 (56.3) | 87 (45.3) | 0.03† |
| < 41 | 65 (43.2) | 26 (68.5) | 14 (43.7) | 105 (54.7) | |
| Training years | |||||
| ≥ 11.5 | 112 (75.3) | 24 (63.1) | 10 (31.2) | 91 (47.4) | 0.001‡ |
| < 11.5 | 38 (24.7) | 14 (36.9) | 22 (68.8) | 101 (52.6) | |
| Exp years* | |||||
| ≥ 11.9 | 92 (61.6) | 25 (65.8) | 19 (59.4) | 85 (44.3) | 0.003§ |
| < 11.9 | 58 (38.4) | 13 (34.2) | 13 (40.6) | 107 (55.7) | |
Data presented as n (%).
* Years of experience.
† Chi-square test = 9.11, degrees of freedom = 3, pairwise comparisons showed that the Brazilian sample was older than the Bolivian participants.
‡ Chi-square test = 30.7, degrees of freedom = 3, pairwise comparisons showed that the Cuban sample had fewer years of training compared with the Brazilian and Bolivians participants.
§ Chi-square test = 13.8, degrees of freedom = 3, pairwise comparisons showed that the Cuban sample had fewer years of experience working in primary health care compared to the Brazilian participants.