Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the population assessed
From: What do young doctors know of palliative care; how do they expect the concept to work?
Gender | Proportion (number and percentage) |
Male | 146 (42%) |
Female | 205 (58%) |
Age | Value/s |
Mean age (years) | 25.81 |
Age range (years) | 23-28 |
Standard deviation (years) | 0.87 |
Religion | Proportion (number and percentage) |
Buddhist | 275 (78.35%) |
Hindu | 29 (8.26%) |
Islam | 23 (6.55%) |
Catholic | 14 (3.99%) |
Christian | 6 (1.71%) |
Atheist | 4 (1.14%) |
Ethnicity | Proportion (number and percentage) |
Sinhalese | 293 (83.48%) |
Tamil | 33 (9.40%) |
Moor | 23 (6.55%) |
Bhutanese | 2 (0.56%) |
Employment | Proportion (number and percentage) |
Temporary demonstrator | 150 (42.74%) |
Research assistant | 83 (23.65%) |
Locum medical officer | 54 (15.38%) |
Not employed | 58 (16.52%) |
Other | 6 (1.70%) |
Medical school | Proportion (number and percentage) |
Colombo | 63 (17.9%) |
Eastern | 18 (5.1%) |
Jaffna | 18 (5.1%) |
Peradeniya | 68 (19.3%) |
Ragama | 44 (12.5%) |
Rajarata | 26 (7.4%) |
Ruhuna | 25 (7.1%) |
Sri Jayewardenepura | 89 (25.3) |