Attitudes of Physical Therapy Students in Israel toward People Identifying as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 5

Comparative analysis of participants’ background characteristics and Attitudes Toward Homosexuality (ATHS total score).

Variables		ATHS total score
		<107 (N = 122)	≥107 (N = 123)	p value
Age (years) mean ± SD^a		25.2 ± 3.2	26.0 ± 2.9	0.024
Gender^b	Men	54 (44.3)	31 (26.0)	0.003
	Women	68 (55.7)	91 (74.0)
Sexual orientation, N (%)^b	Heterosexual	107 (87.7)	103 (83.7)	0.375
	Not heterosexual	15 (12.3)	20 (16.3)
Religiousness, N (%)^b	Religious/traditional	54 (44.3)	10 (8.1)	<0.0001
	Secular	68 (55.7)	113 (91.9)
Place of residence^b	Not urban	78 (63.9)	66 (53.7)	0.102
	Urban	44 (36.1)	57 (56.3)
Clinic experience^b	No	92 (75.4)	85 (69.1)	0.271
	Yes	30 (24.6)	38 (30.9)

^aWilcoxon two-sample test; ^bchi-square test; SD, standard deviation.