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. 2005 May;20(5):386–391. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0024.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of Respondents by Specialty

Characteristic All Adult-care Residents Internal Medicine Residents Family Practice Residents Obstetrics/Gynecology Residents P Value*
N Wgt % N Wgt % N Wgt % N Wgt %
Total 928 279 326 323
Personal characteristics
Gender
 Male 473 59 176 64 173 54 124 38
 Female 454 41 103 36 153 46 198 62 <.001
Race/ethnicity
 White 629 61 156 55 234 71 239 75
 Asian 178 29 94 36 46 15 38 12
 URM 109 10 22 8 45 14 42 13 .001
Training characteristics
Graduate of U.S. medical school
 Yes 747 69 185 61 258 78 304 94
 No 181 31 94 39 68 22 19 6 <.001
Mean percentage of training time based in the ambulatory setting 27 48 22
Training time in ambulatory setting, %
  0 15 15 30
  1–25 72 44 58
  26+ 13 41 12

N=number of respondents. Data are missing for gender (n=1) and race/ethnicity (n=12).

Wgt %=sample size–adjusted percentage reflecting relative population and response bias.

*

P value fromχ2analysis comparing Internal Medicine residents, family practice residents, and Obstetrics/Gynecology residents.

URM, underrepresented minorities (e.g., African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Aleutian Natives).