Demographics of the survey

Diagnosis of Endometriosis

Participants received the diagnosis of endometriosis in different ways; multiple responses were possible.

The percentages are in relation to the number of participants who answered the diagnosis question.

Diagnosis Percent Count
Operative Diagnose (Bauchspiegelung etc.) 84,11% 1466
Gespräch mit Heilpraktiker (keine Operation) 1,26% 22
Gespräch mit Frauenarzt (keine Operation) 12,05% 210
Nicht operative Diagnose (Ultraschall, MRT, etc.) 12,56% 219
Eigene Recherche (Internet, Bücher ,etc) 14,69% 256
Gynäkologische Untersuchung beim Frauenarzt 21,17% 369

Formal Education Level of the Endometriosis Group

Level Percent Count
University degree 31,61% 551
University entrance qualification (Abitur) 17,56% 306
Other qualification 4,25% 74
Secondary school certificate 10,27% 179
Advanced technical college entrance qualification 10,50% 183
Primary school degree 1,95% 34
Completed apprenticeship 18,30% 319
unknown 4,88% 85
Finished school without degree 0,17% 3
Still a student 0,40% 7
not answered 0,11% 2

Formal Education Level of the Non-Affected Group

Level Percent Count
University degree 36,48% 58
Secondary school certificate 6,92% 11
University entrance qualification (Abitur) 23,90% 38
not answered 1,26% 2
Advanced technical college entrance qualification 10,06% 16
Completed apprenticeship 15,09% 24
Other qualification 2,52% 4
Primary school degree 2,52% 4
Still a student 0,63% 1
unknown 0,63% 1

Data Status

You might be wondering when the data was collected?

For those affected by endometriosis, data was collected on the following days:

Date Number of Responses
2021-10-09 161
2021-10-10 302
2021-10-11 247
2021-10-12 486
2021-10-13 317
2021-10-14 132
2021-10-15 40
2021-10-16 39
2021-10-17 18
2021-10-18 1

For the non-affected, data was collected on the following days:

Date Number of Responses
2021-11-01 90
2021-11-02 35
2021-11-03 5
2021-11-04 2
2021-11-05 2
2021-11-06 3
2021-11-07 4
2021-11-08 4
2021-11-11 1
2021-11-12 1
2021-11-14 1
2021-11-15 1
2021-11-16 1
2021-11-18 1
2021-11-19 3
2021-11-21 1
2021-11-22 1
2021-11-24 2
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