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. 2024 Mar 12;24:326. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10829-z

Table 2.

Characteristics of hematologists by sex

Overall
(n = 2032)
Male
(n = 701)
Female
(n = 1331)
P value
Geographic division Northeast 115 (5.7%) 29 (4.1%) 86 (6.5%) < 0.001
North 467 (23.0%) 110 (15.7%) 357 (26.8%)
East 910 (44.8%) 362 (51.6%) 548 (41.2%)
Northwest 80 (3.9%) 36 (5.1%) 44 (3.3%)
Southwest 236 (11.6%) 86 (12.3%) 150 (11.3%)
South central 224 (11.0%) 78 (11.1%) 146 (11.0%)
Transplant center scale < 50 annually 916 (45.1%) 331 (47.2%) 585 (44.0%) 0.160
≥ 50 annually 1116 (54.9%) 370 (52.8%) 746 (56.0%)
Age ≤ 45 1455 (71.60%) 438 (62.5%) 1017 (76.4%) < 0.001
>45 577 (28.40) 263 (37.5%) 314 (23.6%)
Hospital grade Grade 3 A 244 (12.0%) 110 (15.7%) 134 (10.1%) < 0.001
Non grade 3 A 1788 (88.0%) 591 (84.3%) 1197 (89.9%)
Type of work Experimental research 100 (4.9%) 30 (4.3%) 70 (5.3%) 0.332
Clinical practice 1932 (95.1%) 671 (95.7%) 1261 (94.7%)
Work experience < 10 years 937 (46.11%) 262 (37.4%) 675 (50.7%) < 0.001
≥ 10 years 1095 (53.89%) 439(62.6%) 656 (49.3%)
Education Doctor and master 1407 (69.24%) 466 (66.5%) 941 (70.7%) 0.050
Undergraduate and below 625 (30.76%) 235 (33.5%) 390 (29.3%)
Professional title Vice-senior and senior 986 (48.52%) 425 (60.6%) 561 (42.1%) < 0.001
Medium and below 1046 (51.48%) 276 (39.4%) 770 (57.9%)
Academic position National and provincial academic position 907 (44.64%) 388 (55.3%) 519 (39.0%) < 0.001
Municipal or none 1125 (55.36%) 313(44.7%) 812 (61.0%)
Hours of daily work <8 h 297 (14.6%) 98 (14.0%) 199 (15.0%) 0.425
8-10 h 1320 (65.0%) 471 (67.2%) 849 (63.8%)
11-14 h 352 (17.3%) 114 (16.3%) 238 (17.9%)
>14 h 63 (3.1%) 18 (2.6%) 45 (3.4%)
Medical dispute No 1704 (83.9%) 554 (79.0%) 1150 (86.4%) < 0.001
Yes 328 (16.1%) 147 (21.0%) 181 (13.6%)
Continuing education yes 1057 (52.0%) 433 (61.8%) 624 (46.9%) < 0.001
no 975 (48.0%) 268 (38.2%) 707 (53.1%)
Papers published in 2 years No 925 (45.5%) 285 (40.7%) 640 (48.1%) 0.001
Yes 1107 (54.5%) 416 (59.3%) 691 (51.9%)
Multisited practice No 1899 (93.5%) 638 (91.0%) 1261 (94.7%) 0.001
Yes 133 (6.5%) 63 (9.0%) 70 (5.3%)
GDP region Lower 1014 (49.9%) 333 (47.5%) 681 (51.2%) 0.117
Higher 1018 (50.1%) 368 (52.5%) 650 (48.8%)
Turnover intention No 1717 (84.5%) 587 (83.7%) 1130 (84.9%) 0.492
Yes 315 (15.5%) 114 (16.3%) 201 (15.1%)