Research Article
Attitudes of Medical and Health Sciences Students towards Abortion in Jordan
Table 1
Demographic information of participants.
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
| Sex | Male | 430 (32.5%) | Female | 890 (67.2%) | Missing | 4 (0.3%) | Total | 1324 (100%) | Age | Less than 20 years old | 416 (31.4%) | 20–25 years old | 835 (63.1%) | Older than 25 years old | 71 (5.4%) | Missing | 2 (0.2%) | Total | 1324 (100%) | Size of the family when you grew up | 3–5 people | 346 (26.1%) | 6–8 people | 821 (62.0%) | 9 people or more | 151 (11.4%) | Missing | 6 (.5%) | Total | 1324 (100%) | Size of your current family (if you are married) | 3–5 people | 115 (57.5%) | 6–8 people | 80 (40%) | 9 people or more | 5 (2.5%) | Total | 200 (100%) | Place of residence | City | 1019 (77.0%) | Village | 301 (22.7%) | Missing | 4 (.3%) | Total | 1324 (100%) | Education level | Bachelor | 1243 (93.9%) | Master | 73 (5.5%) | Missing | 8 (.6%) | Total | 1324 (100%) | Your college of current education | College of medicine | 584 (44.1%) | College of dentistry | 297 (22.4%) | College of nursing | 19 (1.4%) | College of pharmacy | 140 (10.6%) | College of applied medical sciences | 160 (12.1%) | Other colleges | 122 (9.2%) | Missing | 2 (.2%) | Total | 1324 (100%) | Years of completion of current education | 2 years or less of education | 576 (43.4%) | 2–4 years of education | 390 (29.5%) | 4 years or more of education | 348 (26.3%) | Missing | 10 (.8%) | Total | 1324 (100%) |
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Distribution of demographic characteristics is explained by numbers and percentages.
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