TABLE 1.

—Demographic Characteristics of Western Medicine–Trained Doctors (n= 502) and Oriental Medicine–Trained Doctors (n = 500) Compared With National Data

	WMDs, %		OMDs, %
Characteristics	This Study	National Dataa	This Study	National Datab
Age, y
≤ 39	41.4	28.7	62.8	60.7
40–49	36.0	38.4	21.8	18.2
≥ 50	22.6	32.9	15.4	21.1
Sex
Male	88.2	87.9	92.8	90.0
Female	11.8	12.1	7.2	10.0
Location of clinic
Metropolis	55.2	53.9	58.0	58.5
Small to medium-sized city	44.8	46.1	42.0	41.5
Length of practice after license, y
0–9	15.6	. . .	47.2	. . .
10–19	53.2	. . .	36.6	. . .
≥ 20	31.2	. . .	16.2	. . .
Religion
Buddhist	10.6	. . .	25.2	. . .
Protestant	28.9	. . .	23.8	. . .
Catholic	21.5	. . .	10.6	. . .
Other	0.6	. . .	3.0	. . .
None	38.4	. . .	37.4	. . .
Any doctors of the opposite domain among family membersc
Yes	7.4	. . .	23.4	. . .
No	92.6	. . .	76.6	. . .

Note. WMDs = Western medicine–trained doctors; OMDs = Oriental medicine–trained doctors.

^aData from Korean Medical Association.25

^bData from Association of Korean Oriental Medicine.26

^cWMDs were asked about any OMDs among their parents, siblings, or spouses; OMDs were asked about any WMDs in their families.