Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants.

		Japan (N = 51)		Switzerland (N = 119)		χ2	p
		N	%	N	%
Gender	Female	51	100	113	95.0	1.3	0.2
	Male	0	0.0	3	2.5
	No answer	0	0.0	3	2.5
Age	18–25 years old	10	19.6	3	2.5	24.2	< 0.01
	26–30 years old	16	31.4	19	16.0
	31–39 years old	16	31.4	41	34.5
	40 or more	9	17.6	52	43.7
	No answer	0	0.0	4	3.4
Marital status (in Japan) or Relationship status (in Switzerland)	Unmarried or single	30	58.8	23	19.3	28.4	< 0.01
	Married or in relationship	21	41.2	82	68.9
	Divorced	0	0.0	14	11.8
	No answer	0	0.0	0	0.0
Years of experience	0–5 years	23	45.1	30	25.2	17.8	< 0.01
	6–10 years	15	29.4	16	13.4
	More than 10 years	13	25.5	71	59.7
	No answer	0	0.0	2	1.7