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. 2008 Oct 7;23(12):1987–1991. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0811-x

Table 1.

Weighted Characteristics of Survey Respondents

Characteristic Doctors Lawyers General public -Value*
( = 316) ( = 437) ( = 83,324)
Median Age (IQR) 44 (37–52) 45 (35–55) 46 (33–60) 0.69
Female (%) 27.7 29.1 52.5 <0.001
Married (%) 78.7 71.1 56.5 <0.001
Non-rural residence (%) 92.2 95.7 80.2 <0.001
Children in household (%) 55.4 48.0 40.3 <0.001
Employed (%) 99.0 97.5 63.4 <0.001
Race/Ethnicity (%) <0.001
White 81.3 90.9 75.4
African-American 2.2 3.0 11.6
Native American 0.0 0.0 0.005
Asian-American 13.0 2.3 3.0
Hispanic 3.5 3.3 8.1
Region (%) <0.001
Northeast 31.3 25.1 19.3
Midwest 19.2 23.6 23.8
South 26.9 26.4 35.9
West 22.6 24.9 21.1
Income (%) <0.001
<$20,000 0.3 3.0 15.5
$20,000-$34,999 2.1 3.1 16.5
$35,000-$49,999 4.6 3.3 13.3
$50,000-$74,999 5.4 8.0 17.5
>$75,000 74.9 70.7 22.1
Missing 12.8 11.9 15.2
Hours worked per week (%) <0.001
0–34 hours 9.0 6.8 9.1
35–44 hours 15.6 33.2 35.1
45–54 hours 19.4 31.5 8.1
>54 hours 39.2 16.3 5.0
Variable work hours 15.9 9.9 6.1
Unemployed 1.0 2.5 36.6
Education (%) <0.001
High school or Less 0.0 0.0 46.6
Some college 0.0 0.0 28.2
Bachelors degree 0.0 0.0 17.5
Graduate degree 100.0 100.0 7.7

*Chi-squared tests except age where the Kruskal–Wallis test was used