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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics x Career position

From: Investigating the sustainability of careers in academic primary care: a UK survey

  

Career stage

 

N

Senior

Mid

Early

Χ 2(df), p-value

Overall Sample N (%) a

217

50 (23%)

50 (23%)

117 (54%)

 

Gender N (%) a

     

Male

65

25 (38%)

12 (18%)

28 (43%)

8.43 (2),

Female

117

22 (19%)

29 (25%)

66 (56%)

0.015

Total

182

47 (26%)

41 (23%)

94 (52%)

 

Age group N (%) a

     

21-30

26

0 (0%)

1 (4%)

25 (96%)

 

31-40

52

2 (4%)

10 (19%)

40 (77%)

78.68 (8),

41-50

57

17 (30%)

21 (37%)

19 (33%)

0.000

51-60

34

20 (59%)

8 (24%)

6 (18%)

 

Over 60

12

8 (67%)

1 (8%)

3 (25%)

 

Total

181

47 (26%)

41 (23%)

93 (51%)

 

Disciplinary background N (%) a,b

     

Computer Science

1

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Engineering

1

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

 

Medicine

102

28 (27%)

27 (26%)

47 (46%)

 

Nursing

5

2 (40%)

2 (40%)

1 (20%)

 

Pharmacology

1

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

21.49 (18),

Physiotherapy

3

1 (33%)

1 (33%)

1 (33%)

0.256

Psychology

16

0 (0%)

2 (13%)

14 (88%)

 

Sociology

12

3 (25%)

3 (25%)

6 (50%)

 

Statistics

3

2 (67%)

0 (0%)

1 (33%)

 

Other

37

9 (24%)

6 (16%)

22 (59%)

 

Medicine

102

28 (27%)

27 (26%)

47 (46%)

3.43 (2),

Scientist

79

18 (23%)

14 (23%)

47 (59%)

0.180

Total

181

46 (25%)

41 (23%)

94 (52%)

 
  1. arow% may not sum to 100 due to rounding bGiven the diversity of other disciplines, disciplinary background was categorised to include those from a medical background vs. any other background.