Table 3.

Professional identity descriptions of physicians according to gender. The proportions of physicians who answered “very well” or “quite well” to the question “How well do the following descriptions of the work of a physician match you as a physician?”, and the corresponding associations (odds ratios, women as a reference group)

Description	Men	Women	Odds Ratio (95% CI)*	p-value*
	(n = 1,824)	(n = 3,270)
	%	%
Member of a working group/team	78.0	84.6	0.60 (0.47–0.75)	< 0.001
Helper	76.4	85.1	0.64 (0.53–0.78)	< 0.001
Health expert	75.2	81.4	0.75 (0.62–0.90)	0.002
Listener	65.8	81.3	0.47 (0.40–0.56)	< 0.001
Teacher	55.8	56.0	1.01 (0.87–1.18)	0.876
Healer	53.5	51.3	1.28 (1.10–1.49)	0.002
Developer	51.6	50.0	1.00 (0.85–1.16)	0.967
Physician by calling	43.7	55.1	0.58 (0.50–0.68)	< 0.001
Prescriber of medication	42.7	57.3	0.62 (0.53–0.73)	< 0.001
Health educator	41.1	58.8	0.48 (0.40–0.56)	< 0.001
Provider of comfort	39.8	62.4	0.45 (0.39–0.53)	< 0.001
Prioritiser	39.1	43.4	0.93 (0.79–1.08)	0.334
Pillar of support	38.0	51.4	0.67 (0.57–0.79)	< 0.001
Coach	37.6	35.5	1.22 (1.04–1.43)	0.016
Innovator	35.4	27.4	1.32 (1.11–1.57)	0.001
Director	35.4	26.6	1.39 (1.18–1.64)	< 0.001
Researcher	31.6	23.8	1.32 (1.11–1.57)	0.002
Civil servant	31.0	32.7	1.09 (0.93–1.28)	0.274
Entrepreneur	28.4	16.3	1.95 (1.52–2.50)	< 0.001
Someone issuing certificates	27.5	44.3	0.49 (0.41–0.58)	< 0.001
Family physician	26.3	35.3	0.56 (0.47–0.68)	< 0.001
Technician	26.1	14.0	2.02 (1.69–2.42)	< 0.001
Someone engaged in social work	24.5	44.8	0.42 (0.35–0.50)	< 0.001
Gatekeeper	23.3	27.5	0.94 (0.79–1.11)	0.447
Production line worker	22.9	22.4	1.09 (0.92–1.29)	0.320
Provider of spiritual support	16.0	23.8	0.70 (0.57–0.86)	< 0.001
Shaman	4.5	3.1	1.78 (1.22–2.60)	0.003

*Binary logistic regression analysis (refence group women) adjusted for graduation year and place of work