TABLE II.
Demographic characteristics by participant group
| Characteristic | Participant group [n (%)] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Physicians | Nurses | Patients | Family and friends | Totala | |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 38 (90.5) | 30 (30.3) | 21 (23.9) | 66 (62.3) | 155 (46.3) |
| Women | 4 (9.5) | 69 (69.7) | 67 (76.1) | 40 (37.7) | 180 (53.7) |
| Education | |||||
| Illiterate | — | — | 13 (15.3) | 6 (5.7) | 20 (6.0) |
| Primary or intermediate | — | — | 38 (44.7) | 29 (27.4) | 70 (20.9) |
| Secondary | — | — | 24 (28.2) | 36 (34.0) | 77 (23.0) |
| University or higher | — | — | 10 (11.8) | 35 (33.0) | 168 (50.2) |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 5 (21.7) | 95 (96.0) | 21 (27.33) | 65 (62.5) | 186 (61.4) |
| Unemployed | 18 (78.3) | 4 (4.0) | 56 (72.7) | 39 (37.5) | 117 (38.6) |
a
Because of missing data, does not always add to 343.