Table 2.

Differences in attitudes towards working part-time between full-time and part-time workingspecialists in internal medicine and gender in 1996 and in 2004

	1996 (n = 200)	2004 (n = 327)	Difference 1996–2004
	M (sd)	M (sd)	Mean difference
All	1.9 (.45)	2.0 (.39)	+.13**
Full-timers	1.9 (.44)	1.9 (.37)	+.07
Part-timers	2.2 (.42)***	2.3 (.35)***	+.05
Part-timers
Male	1.8 (.33)	2.2 (.38)	+.40**
Female	2.4 (.27)***	2.3 (.29)	-.11
Full-timers
Male	1.8 (.42)	1.9 (.37)	+.11
Female	2.3 (.41)***	2.0 (.37)	-.25

Attitude was scored from 1–3: 1= I fully agree and 3 = I do not agree at all. A higher score reflects a more positive attitude.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001