Table 1.

Respondent Demographics and Professional Characteristics by Minority Status^*

	Underrepresented Minority (N = 185)	Nonunderrepresented Minority (N = 141)	Majority (N = 1,507)
Demographics
Mean age, y ± SD	44.1 ± 9.2	44.3 ± 9.5	46.5 ± 9.4
Male, %	60	40	51
Born in U.S., %	74	21	88
English as primary language, %	85	65	97
Professional characteristics
Years as faculty, mean ± SD	9.7 ± 8.4	10.3 ± 9.0	12.0 ± 9.2
Medical degree (MD), %	79	70	67
Hours worked per week, mean ± SD	59 ± 14	58 ± 13	57 ± 12
Percent time spent in, mean ± SD
Clinical activities	39 ± 27	32 ± 30	32 ± 29
Research	20 ± 25	34 ± 35	28 ± 29
Teaching	21 ± 15	17 ± 12	21 ± 15
Administration	19 ± 20	16 ± 18	19 ± 18
Specialty, %
Primary care	26	26	32
Basic science	12	28	25
Medical specialty	45	28	24
Surgical specialty	17	17	18
Rank, %
Full professor	16	18	30
Associate professor	15	23	28
Assistant professor	62	51	37
Instructor	8	8	4
U.S. region, %
Northeast	35	40	38
South	21	15	23
Midwest	19	22	19
West	23	22	19
Public institution, %	59	52	51
Salary in thousands, mean ± SD	115 ± 63	101 ± 51	111 ± 58
Total career publications, mean ± SD	15.2 ± 25.8	22.0 ± 30.6	31.5 ± 42.2
Grants funded, mean ± SD†	1.1 ± 3.0	0.9 ± 1.7	1.2 ± 2.1
Career satisfaction score, mean ± SD‡	3.2 ± 0.9	3.4 ± 0.8	3.5 ± 0.9

^*Information is missing on gender for 2, marital status for 15, country of birth for 1, primary language for 1, degree for 38, hours worked per week for 5, U.S. region for 21, institution for 12, and salary for 89.

^†In the preceding 2 years.

^‡From McGlynn's 4-item scale. Each item was measured on a Likert scale of 1 to 5 (1 = very dissatisfied, 5 = very satisfied).

SD, standard deviation.