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. 2017 Jan 5;15:1. doi: 10.1186/s12960-016-0176-x

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

Characteristic Respondent frequency
n (%)
Age in years
 21–25 7 (8)
 26–30 25 (28)
 31–35 22 (24)
 36–40 13 (14)
 40+ years 24 (26)
Gender
 Male 65 (71)
 Female 26 (29)
Marital statusa
 Single 25 (28)
 Married 64 (72)
Highest education level attained
 Bachelor’s degree 48 (53)
 Postgraduate degree 43 (47)
Mode of learning used on pharmacy degree a
- Lectures (teaching) 42 (58)
- Problem-based learning 31 (42)
Geographical location of work station a
 Kampala/Wakiso/Mukono 66 (73)
 Rest of Uganda 24 (27)
Current geo-economic location of family a
 Urban (capital city, other urban council) 41 (47)
 Rural 46 (53)
Geo-economic setting of respondent’s primary school education a
 Urban 20 (23)
 Rural 67 (77)
Geo-economic setting of respondent’s secondary school education a 24 (28)
 Urban 63 (72)
 Rural

aThe sample size (N) for some responses is less than 91 due to missed responses, which are inevitable in self-administered questionnaires. Any variation in N in subsequent tables is also due to missed responses