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Table 2 Physicians’ profiles and practices

From: How French physicians manage with a future change in the primary vaccination of infants against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis? A qualitative study with focus groups

 

Primary care physicians

(N = 45)

Medical specialties: General practitioner / Paediatric

36 / 9

Sex: Male / Female

23 / 22

Age, mean (min-max)

50 (32–66)

Number of years since installation, mean (min-max)

18 (1–35)

Proportion of children of their activity:

 

Children under 16-years old (%), mean (min-max)

43 (10-100%)

Working area, n (%)

 

Rural practice

14 (31%)

Urban practice

23 (51%)

Mixed practice

8 (18%)

Practicing complementary and alternative medicine n (%)

3(7%)

Group practice n (%)

24 (53%)

Teaching activity n (%)

14 (31%)