A cross-sectional survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis among general practitioners working in municipalities with and without asylum centres in eastern Norway

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the GP participants

	Proximity to asylum reception centre				P-value	Total
	Yes	%	No	%	P-value	n	%
General Practitioners	82	42.1	113	57.9		195	100
Sex
Male	44	53.7	63	55.8	0.772	107	54.9
Female	38	46.3	50	44.2	0.772	88	45.1
Age in years
< 30	4	4.9	1	0.9	0.309	5	2.6
31–40	26	31.7	37	32.7		63	32.3
41–50	17	20.7	31	27.4		48	24.6
51–60	18	22.0	27	23.9		45	23.1
> 60	17	21.7	17	15.0		34	17.4
GP specialist
Yes	50	61.0	75	66.4	0.438	125	64.1
No	32	39.0	38	33.6	0.438	70	35.9
Patient list
< 500	2	2.4	5	4.4	0.547	7	3.6
501–900	20	24.4	19	16.8		39	20.0
901–1200	32	39.0	46	40.7		78	40.0
1201–1500	20	24.4	35	31.0		55	28.2
> 1500	8	9.8	8	7.1		16	8.2
GP experience in years
< 1	2	2.4	5	4.4	0.269	7	3.6
1–4	17	20.7	17	15.0		34	17.4
5–9	19	23.2	22	19.5		41	21.0
10–14	8	9.8	23	20.4		31	15.9
> 15	26	31.7	46	40.7		82	42.1

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