Table 1.

Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics of respondents

Characteristic	General physician (n = 259)		Specialist physician (n = 77)		Nurse/midwife (n = 555)		Total (n = 891)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	209	80.7	58	75.3	314	56.6	581	65.2
Female	50	19.3	19	24.7	241	43.4	310	34.8
Age group (years)
20–29	41	15.8	0	0.0	127	22.9	168	18.9
30–39	100	38.6	24	31.2	213	38.4	337	37.8
40–49	56	21.6	34	44.2	159	28.6	249	27.9
≥ 50	62	23.9	19	24.7	56	10.1	137	15.4
Nationality
Syrian	111	42.9	31	40.3	328	59.1	470	52.7
Syrian with Turkish citizenship	148	57.1	46	59.7	227	40.9	421	47.3
Education
High school	0	0.0	0	0.0	160	28.8	160	18.0
Undergraduate degree	166	64.1	16	20.8	386	69.5	568	63.7
Masters/postgraduate degree	93	35.9	61	79.2	9	1.6	163	18.3
Profession in Syria
General physician	184	71.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	184	20.7
Specialist physician	75	29.0	77	100.0	0	0.0	152	17.1
Nurse/midwife	0	0.0	0	0.0	555	100.0	555	62.3
Years worked in Syria
0–5	134	51.7	20	26.0	213	38.4	367	41.2
6–10	53	20.5	21	27.3	123	22.2	197	22.1
> 10	72	27.8	36	46.8	219	39.5	327	36.7
Years worked in Turkeya
0–2	172	66.4	42	54.5	361	65.0	575	64.5
> 2	87	33.6	35	45.5	194	35.0	316	35.5

^aIn the Ministry of Health project