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. 2017 Sep 30;47(3):173–179. doi: 10.28920/dhm47.3.173-179

Table 3. Diving behaviour of 303 female and 363 male Turkish recreational divers responding to the survey (number of respondents and percentage shown).

Female divers Male divers
n % n % P-value
Safety stop
 Always 204 (67) 294 (81) < 0.0001
 No response 74 (24) 45 (12)
Decompression diving
 Yes 127 (42) 213 (59) < 0.0001
 No 57 (19) 56 (15)
 No response 119 (39) 94 (26)
Diving deeper than 30 m
 Yes 201 (66) 284 (78) 0.0006
 No 35 (12) 31 (9)
 No response 67 (22) 48 (13)
Diving deeper than 42 m
 Yes 116 (38) 248 (68) < 0.0001
 No 174 (57) 106 (29)
 No response 13 (4) 9 (3)
Diving deeper than 55 m
 Yes 32 (66) 284 (78) < 0.0001
 No 258 (85) 234 (64)
 No response 13 (4) 9 (3)