Table 1

Doctor's sex and occupational status


Internal Medicine1)
Gynaecology2)


Women
(n = 610)
Men
(n = 1.420)
All
(n = 2.109)
Women
(n = 234)
Men
(n = 74)
All
(n = 320)

Occupational status (%)






Junior house officers
39.5
13.0
20.2
17.1
8.1
14.9
Senior house officer
17.0
36.9
29.8
58.1
86.5
62.5
Registrars
26.2
48.4
40.2
24.8
0
18.1
Consultants
15.2
1.8
5.6
0
5.4
1.3

1) Chi2 = 384.6, df = 3, p < .000, 2) Chi2 = 41, df = 3, p < .00, Mann-Whitney-U-Test Internal Medicine: p < .001; missing values are not shown.

Babitsch et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:82   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-82