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%)

Distribution of demographic characteristics is explained by numbers and percentages.