Table 3.
Factors influencing WIOC Alumni to join UK chiropractic professional associations
| Factor | Unimportant | Moderately important | Important | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Promoting public awareness of chiropractic | 7 | 4.7 | 6 | 4.1 | 135 | 91.2 |
| Access to professional indemnity insurance | 4 | 2.7 | 12 | 8.1 | 132 | 89.2 |
| Overall professionalism of the association | 7 | 4.7 | 12 | 8.1 | 129 | 87.2 |
| The identity of the association | 12 | 8.1 | 21 | 14.2 | 115 | 77.7 |
| Positive attitude to research | 8 | 5.4 | 26 | 17.6 | 114 | 77.0 |
| Workplace support and advice | 16 | 10.8 | 30 | 20.3 | 102 | 68.9 |
| Access to events \ courses \ seminars | 25 | 16.9 | 28 | 18.9 | 95 | 64.2 |
| Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities | 27 | 18.2 | 29 | 19.6 | 92 | 62.2 |
| Cost of membership | 15 | 10.1 | 45 | 30.4 | 88 | 59.5 |
| Addresses my area of interest | 17 | 11.5 | 48 | 32.4 | 83 | 56.1 |
| Lobbying: Influencing policy | 38 | 25.7 | 43 | 29.1 | 67 | 45.3 |
| Career development | 40 | 27.0 | 43 | 29.1 | 65 | 43.9 |
| Associations newsletter | 53 | 35.8 | 53 | 35.8 | 42 | 28.4 |
| Requirement of employment | 66 | 44.6 | 40 | 27.0 | 42 | 28.4 |
| Many of my friends have joined | 106 | 71.6 | 23 | 15.5 | 19 | 12.8 |
The perceived influence of those factors present in the questionnaire in relation to the respondent’s decision to join a chiropractic professional association. Total number of respondents (148) was the same for each option presented, N indicates the number (and its relative percentage [%]) responding in each component