Table 1 The demographic and self-reported characteristics of the survey respondents (N = 1481)
From: Physician practice in food allergy prevention in the Middle East and North Africa
Demographic | Category | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Specialty (N = 1481) | Paediatricians | 979 | 66.1 |
General physicians | 341 | 23.0 | |
Paediatric gastroenterologists | 105 | 7.1 | |
Others | 56 | 3.8 | |
Practice type (N = 1481) | Governmental | 1048 | 70.8 |
Private | 422 | 28.5 | |
Others | 11 | 0.7 | |
Practice location (N = 1471) | Hospital only | 957 | 65.1 |
Clinic only | 447 | 30.4 | |
Others | 67 | 4.6 | |
Work status (N = 1427) | Full time | 1294 | 90.7 |
Part time | 133 | 9.3 | |
Country (N = 1448) | Saudi Arabia | 521 | 36.0 |
Morocco | 380 | 26.2 | |
Lebanon | 136 | 9.4 | |
Algeria | 116 | 8.0 | |
Egypt | 84 | 5.8 | |
Iran | 69 | 4.8 | |
Iraq | 43 | 3.0 | |
Kuwait | 38 | 2.6 | |
Others | 61 | 4.2 | |
Gender (N = 1466) | Male | 790 | 53.9 |
Female | 676 | 46.1 | |
Age group (N = 1467) | <40 years | 597 | 40.7 |
40–50 years | 504 | 34.4 | |
50–60 years | 317 | 21.6 | |
>60 year | 49 | 3.3 |