Table IV.
Study reports for general positive (No.=46) and general negative (No.=62) beliefs by continent
| Continent | General beliefs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||||||
| No. (%) Study reports of beliefs | Range % participants reporting beliefs in studies | Mean % participants reporting beliefs in studies | Median% participants reporting beliefs in studies | No. (%) Study reports of beliefs | Range % participants reporting beliefs in studies | Mean % participants reporting beliefs in studies | Median % participants reporting beliefs in studies | |
| All | 46 (100.0) | 0.4–97.5 | 40.1 | 35.9 | 62 (100.0) | 0.6–76.7 | 22.2 | 17.5 |
| Africa | 6 (13.0) | 0.5–78.9 | 40.3 | 42.3 | 18 (29.0) | 2.0–76.7 | 32.0 | 29.0 |
| Asia | 25 (54.4) | 0.8–97.5 | 46.4 | 45.6 | 32 (51.6) | 0.6–67.0 | 19.8 | 15.0 |
| Europe | 8 (17.4) | 4.8–47.5 | 27.5 | 38.1 | 3 (4.8) | 4.4–26.5 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| North America | 6 (13.0) | 0.4–50.0 | 25.6 | 30.0 | 5 (8.1) | 2.2–47.0 | 20.3 | 16.0 |
| Oceania | 0 | - | - | - | 3 (4.8) | 4.9 – 25.1 | 15.8 | 17.5 |
| Mixed (Asia, North America) | 1 (2.2) | 12.5–87.6 | 48.1 | 46.1 | 1 (1.6) | 0.9–10.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 |