Table 2.

Characteristics of the sample.

Parameter	Group	N	n	Shares	$p_{\text{gof}}^{\text{a}}$
Gender	Female	796	616	77.3%	<0.001
	Male		180	22.7%
Age	Up to 20 yrs.	803	225	28.0%	<0.001
	21–25 yrs.		236	29.4%
	26–30 yrs.		12	1.4%
	Over 30 yrs.		6	0.7%
	Lack of data		324	40.5%
Residence	Village	796	212	26.6%	<0.001
	Town <50 k		133	16.7%
	City 50–100 k		65	8.2%
	City 100–250 k		88	11.1%
	City >250 k		298	37.4%
Marital status	Single	796	306	38.4%	<0.001
	Informal relationship		219	27.5%
	Married		253	31.8%
	Other (separated, divorced, widower)		18	2.3%
Major	Physiotherapy	789	453	57.4%
	Nursing		35	4.4%
	Medicine		101	12.8%
	Psychology		46	5.8%
	Pharmacy		25	3.2%
	Medical analysis		24	3.0%
	Dietetics		21	2.7%
	Obstetrics		21	2.7%
	Other*		63	8.0%
Stage of study	BSc/ MSc, 1–3 yr.	619	568	91.8%	<0.001
	MSc. 4–5 yr.		43	6.9%
	Supp. MSc.		8	1.3%

^*Occupational therapy, audiophonology, laboratory diagnosis, electroradiology, emergency medical.

^aPearson goodness-of-fit test.

Bold value indicates statistically significant values.