Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

	Female	Male	Total
Demographics	(%)	(%)	(%)	P valuea
Age (years)
<30	(24.9)	(6.1)	(14.2)
31-40	(36.7)	(16.6)	(25.7)
41-50	(28.5)	(23.4)	(25.6)	<0.001
>50	(10)	(52.9)	(34.6)
Type of Practiceb
Small animal	(52.5)	(36.6)	(43.4)	<0.001
Large animal	(2.8)	(10.6)	(7.3)	<0.001
Mixed animal	(32.7)	(30.8)	(31.6)	0.324
Specialist	(7.0)	(8.2)	(7.7)	0.341
Non-clinical	(4.9)	(7.7)	(7.7)	0.013
University	(6.3)	(4.3)	(5.2)	0.152
Other	(1.4)	(6.4)	(4.2)	<0.001

^aP for Trend evaluated using the chi square test by sex, except for age;

^bPercentages for type of practice are percentages within sex.