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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and frequency of contact with immigrant patients, by health workers’ group

From: Health workers’ attitudes toward immigrant patients: a cross-sectional survey in primary health care services

 

Total n = 320

Office workers n = 115

Nurses n = 114

Doctors n = 91

P value

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex

     

 Female

269 (84.1)

108 (93.9)

105 (92.1)

56 (61.5)

<0.001

 Male

51 (15.9)

7 (6.1)

9 (7.9)

35 (38.5)

 

Number of immigrant patients daily contacted

 3 or less

178 (55.6)

51 (44.3)

59 (51.8)

68 (74.7)

<0.001

 4 to 7

95 (29.7)

31 (27.0)

44 (38.6)

20 (22.0)

 

 8 or more

47 (14.7)

33 (28.7)

11 (9.6)

3 (3.3)

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Age

46.3 (10.2)

47.3 (9.3)

40.8 (10.2)

52.1 (7.6)

<0.001