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Responses of consultants and general practitioners to combined hypothetical illnesses according to sex. Values are numbers (percentages) of responses to each action
| Action | Consultants
|
General practitioners
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
| Go to work | 634 (27) | 239 (36) | 1110 (37) | 930 (47) | |
| Take time off | 311 (13) | 80 (12) | 360 (12) | 202 (10) | |
| Self medicate | 218 (9) | 100 (15) | 604 (20) | 508 (25) | |
| Consult informally | 706 (30) | 177 (27) | 550 (18) | 253 (13) | |
| Consult formally | 1014 (44) | 255 (38) | 1342 (44) | 778 (39) | |
