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

Table 2.

Measures of Community Participation by Occupation

  Doctors ( = 316) Lawyers ( = 437) General public ( = 83,324) P-value: doctors vs. lawyers P-value: doctors vs. public
Unadjusted weighted results
Percent that volunteered in the prior year 38.8 57.0 30.0 <0.001 0.002
Total hours colunteered in the prior year among volunteers 105.7 106.9 122.0 0.94 0.18
Adjusted weighted results*
Odds of having volunteered in prior year 0.52 [0.40, 0.68] 1.21 [0.95, 1.54] ref <0.001 <0.001
Hours volunteered in prior year among volunteers -29.8 [-55.5, -4.2] -28.4 [-54.9, -1.9] ref 0.02 0.04

* 95% confidence intervals are presented below each point estimate