Table 2.
Demographics of the 2024 CERA General Membership Potential Versus Actual Respondents
| Demographic variables | Potential respondents (n=4,736) | Actual respondents (n=1,194) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Age Mean (Standard Deviation) | 46.62 | 11.8 | 47.51 | 11.8 | |
| Age, years (categorized) | .120 | ||||
| <31 | 107 | 2.3 | 13 | 1.1 | .010 |
| 31 – 40 | 1587 | 33.5 | 348 | 29.2 | .004 |
| 41 – 50 | 1208 | 25.5 | 275 | 23.0 | .078 |
| 51 – 60 | 819 | 17.3 | 211 | 17.7 | .758 |
| 61 – 70 | 447 | 9.4 | 114 | 9.6 | .908 |
| >70 | 198 | 4.2 | 44 | 3.7 | .439 |
| No response | 370 | 7.8 | 189 | 15.8 | <.001 |
| Gender ** | .145 | ||||
| Female/woman | 2829 | 59.7 | 774 | 64.8 | .001 |
| Male/man | 1516 | 32.0 | 390 | 32.7 | .666 |
| Genderqueer/gender nonconforming | 14 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.5 | .130* |
| Gender nonbinary | 11 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.7 | .065* |
| Choose not to disclose/prefer self-disclose | 51 | 1.1 | 11 | 0.9 | .751* |
| No Response | 334 | 7.1 | 5 | 0.4 | <.001* |
| Race/ethnicity ** | <.001 | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous |
24 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.5 | 1.000* |
| Asian | 543 | 11.5 | 133 | 11.1 | .751 |
| Black or African American | 323 | 6.8 | 68 | 5.7 | .162 |
| Hispanic/Latino/of Spanish origin | 314 | 6.6 | 78 | 6.5 | .904 |
| Middle Eastern/North African | 41 | 0.9 | 20 | 1.7 | .013 |
| Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander |
14 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 1.000* |
| White | 3057 | 64.6 | 898 | 75.2 | <.001 |
| Choose not to disclose | 278 | 5.9 | 41 | 3.4 | .001 |
| No response | 373 | 7.9 | 7 | 0.6 | <.001* |
| Self-identified as underrepresented in medicine | <.001 | ||||
| No | 639 | 13.5 | 209 | 17.5 | <.001 |
| Yes | 2802 | 59.2 | 975 | 81.7 | <.001 |
| Choose not to disclose | 252 | 5.3 | - | - | |
| No response | 1043 | 22.0 | 10 | 0.8 | <.001* |
| Highest degree earned | |||||
| EdD | 22 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.6 | .641* |
| DNP | 10 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.3 | .733* |
| DO | 499 | 10.5 | 121 | 10.1 | .685 |
| MD | 2913 | 61.5 | 744 | 62.3 | .582 |
| MD/PhD or DO/PhD | 91 | 1.9 | 49 | 4.1 | <.001 |
| PhD | 475 | 10.0 | 142 | 11.9 | .06 |
| Other doctoral level | 128 | 2.7 | 38 | 3.2 | .44 |
| Other nursing degree | 20 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.00 | .021* |
| Master’s level | 287 | 6.1 | 65 | 5.4 | .452 |
| Bachelor’s level | 39 | 0.8 | 21 | 1.7 | .007 |
| No response | 252 | 5.3 | 4 | 0.3 | <.001* |
| In what state or province is your practice/program located? | <0.001 | ||||
| New England (NH, MA, ME, VT, RI, or CT) | 250 | 5.3 | 76 | 6.4 | .141 |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, PA, or NJ) | 546 | 11.5 | 155 | 13.0 | .165 |
| South Atlantic (PR, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, DC, WV, DE, or MD) | 697 | 14.7 | 190 | 15.9 | .300 |
| East South Central (KY, TN, MS, or AL) | 180 | 3.8 | 45 | 3.8 | .959 |
| East North Central (WI, MI, OH, IN, or IL) | 817 | 17.3 | 224 | 18.8 | .220 |
| West South Central (OK, AR, LA, or TX) | 353 | 7.5 | 99 | 8.3 | .330 |
| West North Central (ND, MN, SD, IA, NE, KS, or MO) | 374 | 7.9 | 121 | 10.1 | .013 |
| Mountain (MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, AZ, CO, or NM) | 371 | 7.8 | 97 | 8.1 | .739 |
| Pacific (WA, OR, CA, AK, or HI) | 785 | 16.6 | 148 | 12.4 | <.001 |
| Canada | 259 | 5.5 | 35 | 2.9 | <.001 |
| No response | 104 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.3 | <.001* |
Mean in parenthesis. P value for χ2 of independence for two samples, α=0.05.
Data is only available for 4,736 of the 4,844 total potential respondents as member demographic data is not available for the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
*
For cell sizes with n<10, P-values by Fisher’s exact test, α=0.05.
**
Total percentage is greater than 100% due to the option to select all that apply