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Table 2 Characteristics of respondents and non-respondents

From: Accuracy of responses from postal surveys about continuing medical education and information behavior: experiences from a survey among German diabetologists

 

Respondents (%)

Non-respondents (%)

chi2

p-value

Sex

    

Female

65/239 (27)

84/222 (38)

5.4813

0.019

Male

174/239 (73)

138/222 (62)

  

Work place

    

Practice

102/239 (44)

94/222 (42)

6.1877

0.045

Hospital

109/239 (47)

123/222 (55)

  

University Hospital

23/239 (10)

10/222 (5)

  

Other

5/239 (2)

0

  

Size of the city (work place)

    

<20,000

49/239 (21)

66/222 (30)

21.040

<0.001

20,000–100,000

92/239 (38)

43/222 (19)

  

100,000–250,000

39/239 (16)

41/222 (18)

  

>250,000

59/239 (25)

72/222 (32)

  

Zip code *

    

1

72/237 (30)

67/222 (30)

0.2586

0.88

2

68/237 (29)

69/222 (31)

  

3

97/237 (41)

88/222 (40)

  
  1. * Two questionnaires returned without code-number