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Table 1 Social and demographic characteristics of participants (n = 114)

From: A pilot assessment of the career and job satisfaction of the pharmaceutical workforce in Lebanon

Characteristics of pharmacists

Total pharmacists

Community pharmacists

Hospital pharmacistsa

Medical representatives

Industrial pharmacistsb

Other sectorsc

Not in healthcared

p-value

N (%)

114 (100.0%)

50 (40.3%)

11 (8.9%)

16 (12.9%)

14 (11.3%)

12 (9.7%)

21 (16.9%)

 

Gender

 

.26e

M (%)

45 (39.5%)

24 (48.0%)

3 (27.3%)

8 (50.0%)

5 (35.7%)

2 (16.7%)

7 (33.3%)

 

F (%)

69 (60.5%)

26 (52.0%)

8 (72.7%)

8 (50.0%)

9 (64.3%)

10 (83.3%)

14 (66.7%)

 

Age

        

 Mean (SD)

28.04 (5.17)

29.54 (6.67)

28.64 (4.59)

27.50 (3.54)

26.00 (2.53)

28.00 (3.33)

25.52 (1.81)

0.18e

 Median

26.00

26.00

26.00

26.00

26.00

27.50

25.00

 

Marital status

 

.24e

 Single (%)

85 (74.6%)

35 (70.0%)

10 (90.9%)

10 (62.5%)

10 (71.4%)

11 (91.7%)

18 (85.7%)

 

 Married (%)

29 (25.4%)

15 (30.0%)

1 (9.1%)

6 (37.5%)

4 (28.6%)

1 (8.3%)

3 (14.3%)

 

University

       

< 0.001e*

 Lebanese University

45 (39.5%)

21 (42.0%)

2 (18.2%)

2 (12.5%)

4 (28.6%)

4 (33.3%)

17 (81.0%)

 

 Saint-Joseph University

20 (17.5%)

9 (18.0%)

5 (45.5%)

2 (12.5%)

4 (28.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 Lebanese American University

9 (7.9%)

2 (4.0%)

3 (27.3%)

2 (12.5%)

1 (7.1%)

1 (8.3%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 Lebanese International University

23 (20.2%)

8 (16.0%)

0 (0.0%)

7 (43.8%)

5 (35.7%)

2 (16.7%)

3 (14.3%)

 

 Beirut Arab University

13 (11.4%)

6 (12.0%)

1 (9.1%)

3 (18.8%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (33.3%)

1 (4.8%)

 

 Abroad

4 (3.5%)

4 (8.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (8.3%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Graduated since

       

0.058e

 1–2 years

46 (40.3%)

19 (38.0%)

4 (36.4%)

6 (37.5%)

6 (42.9%)

3 (25.0%)

11 (52.4%)

 

 3–4 years

30 (26.3%)

11 (22.0%)

4 (36.4%)

4 (25.0%)

5 (35.7%)

3 (25.0%)

8 (38.1%)

 

 5–6 years

16 (14.1%)

5 (10.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (18.8%)

2 (14.3%)

5 (41.7%)

2 (9.5%)

 

 > 7 years

22 (19.3%)

15 (30.0%)

3 (27.3%)

3 (18.8%)

1 (7.1%)

1 (8.3%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Highest educational level

        

 Bachelor

33 (28.9%)

19 (38.0%)

1 (9.1%)

9 (56.3%)

2 (14.3%)

1 (8.3%)

4 (19.0%)

< 0.001e*

 Pharm D

22 (19.4%)

8 (16.0%)

7 (63.6%)

1 (5.9%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (33.3%)

4 (1.0%)

 

 Pharm D + Masters

24 (21.0%)

11 (22.0%)

3 (27.3%)

2 (12.5%)

4 (28.6%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (23.8%)

 

 Masters

35 (30.7%)

12 (24.0%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (25.0%)

8 (57.1%)

7 (58.3%)

8 (38.1%)

 

Registered in OPL

95 (83.3%)

43 (86.0%)

10 (90.9%)

13 (81.3%)

11 (78.6%)

10 (83.3%)

16 (76.2%)

0.9e

  1. aHospital pharmacists include clinical pharmacists and employees of the hospital's pharmacy;
  2. bIndustrial pharmacists include pharmacists working in production, quality assurance and control, research and development, and scientific offices;
  3. cOther sectors include academic pharmacists, governmental positions, NGOs positions;
  4. dNot in healthcare are either unemployed or are working in non-healthcare institutions;
  5. eChi-square test
  6. *Numbers in bold are statistically significant results
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