The knowledge and use of population-based methods for caries detection

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 The distribution of professors and researchers by their personal characteristics, academic training, and place of work

VARIABLES	Number	Percent
SEX
Female	13	70.2
Male	14	29.8
AGE
Between 30 and 50 years	35	75.4
Between 51 and 70 years	12	24.6
TIME SINCE GRADUATION
Between 8 and 17 years	12	24.6
Between 18 and 47 years	35	75.4
PLACE OF GRADUATION
UFBA	28	59.6
UEFS	13	27.7
Other universities	6	12.7
PLACE OF WORK ^a
UEFS	19	40.4
UFBA	18	38.3
Other universities	10	21.3
Municipal or state health agency	8	17.0
Private practice	5	10.6

^aThe total number of responses is greater than the number of respondents because some respondents worked at more than one institution

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