Table 2.
Respondent characteristics.
| Respondent characteristics | N = 212 |
|---|---|
| Female | 103 (48.8%) |
| Male | 109 (51.2%) |
| Median age (IQR) | 51 (43–60) |
| Physician ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 173 (82.0%) |
| Other | 38 (18.0%) |
| Number of deliveries annually | |
| <100 | 84 (40.0%) |
| >100 | 126 (60.0%) |
| Region of USa | |
| West | 46 (22.0%) |
| Midwest | 54 (25.8%) |
| South | 69 (33.0%) |
| Northeast | 38 (18.2%) |
| Practice location | |
| Suburban | 106 (50.2%) |
| Urban | 75 (35.5%) |
| Rural | 25 (11.8%) |
| Other | 5 (2.5%) |
| Predominant patient insurance type | |
| Private | 154 (73.3%) |
| Public | 55 (26.2%) |
| Uninsured | 1 (0.5%) |
| Predominant patient ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 148 (70.8%) |
| Hispanic White | 32 (15.3%) |
| Other | 29 (13.9%) |
| Years in practice | |
| 0–5 | 5 (2.4%) |
| 6–10 | 43 (20.3%) |
| 11–15 | 43 (20.3%) |
| 16–20 | 25 (11.8%) |
| 21–25 | 34 (16.0%) |
| 26–30 | 27 (12.7%) |
| >30 | 35 (16.5%) |
| Practice setting | |
| Private or community | 174 (83.2%) |
| University or academic | 29 (13.9%) |
| Government | 5 (2.4%) |
| Other | 1 (0.5%) |
| Practice type | |
| Obgyn partnership/group | 140 (66.0%) |
| University/teaching institution | 26 (12.3%) |
| Solo practice | 38 (17.9%) |
| Laborist/hospitalist | 0 |
| Other | 8 (3.8%) |
aLocation of practice divided into four regions for purposes of analysis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Geographic Regions of the United States,” http://www.cdc.gov/.