FIGURE 2.

Likert Responses for Respondents Who Had Children During Residency

Participants responded to this question: “How did the following affect your decision to have children during residency?”

Other responses that affected the decision to have children during residency were as follows:

• I was much older as a resident and could not put off having children for very long; had my first son during my chief residency year (female respondent)

• [Having children] severely affected sleep off hours, days

• My spouse was able to stay home; military salary allowed me to have financial stability

• Family/spouse support—strong positive