Our question was: How many weeks of training have you followed on average the past 3 years??

None
23%

Less than one week
19%

One week (5 days)
15%

One to two weeks
18%

Two weeks to one month
8%

More than one month
17%

Number of participants: 258
Ending date: April 2009

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