Table 2.
Satisfaction with time available for leisure; median scores* from 1 (not at all satisfied) to 10 (extremely satisfied)
| Men | Women | Full-time men | Part-time men | Full-time women | Part-time women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All in the NHS | 4.7a | 6.2a | 4.5b | 7.4b | 4.7c | 7.2c | 5.4 |
| General practice | 5.3a | 6.4a | 5.0b | 7.4b | 4.8c | 7.1c | 6.0 |
| Hospital practice | 4.4a | 5.8a | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.7c | 7.2c | 4.9 |
| Specialist practice: | |||||||
| Hospital medical specialties | 3.8a | 6.0a | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6c | 7.3c | 4.5 |
| Surgical specialties | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 4.6 |
| Paediatrics | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | – | 3.8c | 6.5c | 4.6 |
| Accident and emergency | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.3 | – | 4.7c | 7.3c | 4.9 |
| Anaesthetics | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 4.6 |
| Radiology | 4.3 | 6.4 | 4.3 | – | 4.6 | 6.9 | 4.8 |
| Clinical oncology | 3.5 | 5.7 | 3.5 | – | 5.7c | 7.5c | 5.3 |
| Pathology | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | – | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Psychiatry | 6.3 | 6.6 | 5.9b | 9.0b | 5.4c | 7.2c | 6.4 |
| Community health | 2.3a | 7.6a | 2.3 | – | 5.0 | 8.0 | 7.1 |
| Public health medicine | 4.6 | 6.7 | 4.6 | – | 5.0 | 8.0 | 5.8 |
| UK, medical jobs, outside NHS | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| Medicine abroad | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 3.9c | 7.6c | 6.7 |
| General practice | 5.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| Hospital practice | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 5.3c | 8.4c | 7.0 |
a
Statistically significant male–female difference at the 0.01 level
b
Statistically significant full-time male–part-time male difference
c
Statistically significant full-time female–part-time female difference
2428/2444 (99.3%) of respondents in medical employment gave valid replies
*
Grouped median scores, calculated using linear interpolation on the grouped whole-number scores, and quoted to one decimal place (although the original data values were whole numbers)