TABLE 1.
Summary of Participant Characteristics: Los Angeles County, CA, 2008
| Total (N = 42), Mean ±SD or % (No. of participants) | Underserved (n = 21), Mean ±SD or % (No. of participants) | Nonunderserved (n = 21), Mean ±SD or % (No. of participants) | |
| Age, y | 48 ±12 | 50 ±14 | 46 ±10 |
| Women | 45 (19) | 43 (9) | 48 (10) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 60 (25) | 57 (12) | 62 (13) |
| Single | 19 (8) | 29 (6) | 10 (2) |
| Divorced | 10 (4) | 10 (2) | 10 (2) |
| Other | 11 (5) | 4 (1) | 8 (3) |
| Income distribution | |||
| < $100 000 | 7 (3) | 5 (1) | 10 (2) |
| $100 000–$149 999 | 26 (11) | 24 (5) | 28 (6) |
| $150 000–$199 999 | 33 (14) | 38 (8) | 28 (6) |
| $200 000–$250 000 | 31 (9) | 19 (4) | 24 (5) |
| > $250 000 | 12 (5) | 14 (3) | 10 (2) |
| Educational debt | |||
| $0 | 48 (20) | 65 (13) | 33 (7) |
| < $100 000 | 29 (12) | 20 (4) | 38 (8) |
| $100 000–$180 000 | 14 (6) | 5 (1) | 24 (5) |
| > $180 000 | 7 (3) | 10 (2) | 5 (1) |
| Refused or not available | 2 (1) | 5 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Loan repayment and service obligation | 21 (9) | 24 (5) | 19 (4) |
| Medical education | |||
| California-based school | 69 (29) | 71 (15) | 67 (14) |
| Non-California public school | 76 (32) | 81 (17) | 71 (15) |
| Residency training in California | 69 (29) | 67 (14) | 71 (15) |
| Specialty distribution | |||
| Family medicine | 48 (20) | 52 (11) | 43 (9) |
| Internal medicine | 31 (13) | 19 (4) | 43 (9) |
| Pediatrics | 17 (7) | 24 (5) | 9 (2) |
| Other primary care | 5 (2) | 5 (1) | 5 (1) |
| Practice setting | |||
| Staff model HMO or Kaiser | 26 (11) | 10 (2) | 43 (9) |
| Community or public clinic | 31 (13) | 62 (13) | 0 (0) |
| University | 21 (9) | 10 (2) | 33 (7) |
| Private practice | 21 (9) | 19 (4) | 24 (5) |
Note. There were no statistical differences between underserved and nonunderserved physicians, except for practice setting, using the χ2 test (P < .05).