Table 3.
Demographic description of questioned veterinary medicine students among three veterinary education establishments in Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt, respectively.
| Algeria | Tunisia | Egypt | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age per class | |||||
| 1st Class (Mean ± SD)[Min-Max] | 19.54 ± 1 [17–23] | 21.63 ± 0.82 [20–25] | 18.71 ± 0.64 [17–20] | 109 | |
| 2nd Class (Mean ± SD)[Min-Max] | 20.91 ± 1.3 [18–23. | N.C. | 20.9 ± 1.28 [19–24] | 79 | |
| 4th Class (Mean ± SD)[Min-Max] | N.C. | 23.45 ± 0.66 [22–27] | 21.3 ± 0.73 [20−23] | 102 | |
| 5th Class (Mean ± SD)[Min-Max] | 23.62 ± 0.85 [18–26] | 24.25 ± 0.8 [23–28] | 22.56 ± 1.23 [21–25] | 268 | |
| Number in the group/ Total number of students (%) | |||||
| Level regarding parasitological courses (%) | |||||
| Before | 49/165 (29.7) x,ab | 50/118 (42.4) x,aa | 89/275 (32.4) x,ab | 188/558 (33.7) ab | |
| After | 116/165 (70.3) | 68/118 (57.6) | 186/275 (67.6) | 370/558 (66.3) | |
| Gender (%) | |||||
| Female | 94/165 (57) x,aa | 89/118 (75.4) y,ab | 211/275 (76.7) z,ab | 394/558 (70.6) ab | |
| Male | 71/165 (43) | 29/118 (24.6) | 64/275 (23.3) | 164/558 (29.4) | |
| District of origin (%) | |||||
| > 50 km around the veterinary school | 82/165 (49.7) x,ab | 53/118 (44.9) y,aa | 97/275 (35.3) z,ab | 232 (41.6) ab | |
| ≤ 50 km around the veterinary school | 81/165 (49.1) | 65/118 (55.1) | 114/275 (41.5) | 260 (46.6) | |
| No response | 2/165 (1.2) | 0/118 | 64/275 (23.3) | 66 (11.8) | |
| Reasons for choosing veterinary studies (%) | |||||
| I didn't choose, it was by chance | 30/165 (18.2) x,ab | 6/118 (5.1) y,ab | 138/275 (50.2) z,ab | 174/558 (31.2) ab | |
| I love animals | 53/165 (32.1) | 44/118 (37.3) | 39/275 (14.2) | 136/558 (24.4) | |
| No response | 37/165 (22.4) | 23/118 (19.5) | 47/275 (17.1) | 107/558 (19.2) | |
| I love the veterinary job | 20/165 (12.1) | 9/118 (7.6) | 20/275 (7.3) | 49/558 (8.8) | |
| I love science/medicine | 14/165 (8.5) | 10/118 (8.5) | 15/275 (5.5) | 39/558 (7) | |
| Other | 11/165 (6.7) | 26/118 (22) | 16/275 (5.8) | 53/558 (9.5) | |
| Preferred animal species (%) | |||||
| Dogs | 55/194 (28.4) x,ab | 61/192 (31.8) y,ab | 93/390 (23.9) z,ab | 209/776 (26.9) ab | |
| Cats | 53/194 (27.3) | 37/192 (19.3) | 74/390 (19) | 164/776 (21.1) | |
| Horse | 40/194 (20.6) | 32/192 (16.7) | 91/390 (23.3) | 163/776 (21) | |
| Other species | 25/194 (12.9) | 40/192 (20.8) | 99/390 (25.4) | 164/776 (21.1) | |
| Cattle | 21/194 (10.8) | 22/192 (11.5) | 33/390 (8.5) | 76/776 (9.8) | |
| Owning animals at home (%) | |||||
| Yes | 92/165 (55.8) x,aa | 90/118 (76.3) y,ab | 121/275 (44) z,aa | 303/558 (54.3) aa | |
| No | 73/165 (44.2) | 28/118 (23.7) | 154/275 (56) | 255/558 (45.7) | |
| Animals' species owned at home (%) | |||||
| Cats | 51/92 (55.4) x,ab | 67/90 (74.4) y,ab | 56/121 (46.3) z,ab | 174/303 (57.4) ab | |
| Dogs | 29/92 (31.5) | 32/90 (35.6) | 22/121 (18.2) | 83/303 (27.3) | |
| Farm animals | 5/92 (5.4) | 13/90 (14.4) | 29/121 (24) | 47/303 (15.5) | |
| Birds game | 14/92 (15.2) | 9/90 (10) | 10/121 (8.3) | 33/303 (10.9) | |
| Poultry | 1/92 (1.1) | 7/90 (7.8) | 21/121 (17.4) | 29/303 (9.6) | |
| Other species | 12/92 (13) | 14/90 (15.6) | 15/121 (12.4) | 41/303 (13.5) | |
xyz: Percentages between countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt) within the same line are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.
ab: Percentages within the same column within the same country are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.
N.C.: not concerned.