Bachelor Thesis - Christina Kuenen - Hufpfleger

3.4.2 Sample Survey
The sample of the survey contains a total of 52
participants. There are 51.9% male and 42.3 %
female respondents (n = 49). The mean age is
around 39 years (n = 48). The range in age is
between 21 to 56. The distribution of
practitioners' field of work is demonstrated in
figure 5. The participants were farrier, bare hoof
practitioners, hoof technicians and hoof
orthopaedists. This sample was divided into 14
traditional (TP) and 38 alternative hoof treatment
practitioners (AP) to be able to compare the
target groups. The group of TP contains
certificated farriers educated both by traditional
and alternative instructive institutes. Whereas the
group of AP contains hoof technicians, hoof
orthopaedists and bare hoof practitioners. Within the group of TP there is just one woman, whereas the group
of AP consists of 15 male and 21 female participants. The difference in gender between the target groups is
significant (Chi-square, p = 0.002).
The distribution of origin within this group is shown in figure 6 below. Most of the respondents come from
Bavaria.
26%
48%
19% certificated farrier
bare hoof practitioner
6%
hoof technician
hoof orthopaedist
Figure 5: distribution of practitioners' field of work (n = 52)
20
15
10
5
0
Baden-
Württemberg
Bavaria Hesse Lower
Saxony
NRW
Rhinel.
Palat.
Saxony
Schles
wig-
Holstein
Thuringia
TP
AP
Figure 6: distribution of practitioners' origin (n = 52)
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