Table 2.

Physicians’ perceptions of professional autonomy, high quality of care, and job satisfaction in the three national samples (percentages in each category)

Physicians’ perceptions	CPHS - Canada			CTS - U.S.			NORDOC - Norway
	Total	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male
	(n = 3213)	(n = 1174)	(n = 2001)	(N = 6628)	(n = 1851)	(n = 4777)	(N = 657)	(n = 378)	(n = 272)
Adequate time
Strongly agree	7	8	6	29	26	30	7	7	8
Agree	39	37	40	38	36	39	44	43	45
Neither agree nor disagree	18	18	18	2	2	2	21	20	20
Disagree	28	29	28	21	21	21	24	25	22
Strongly disagree	9	9	9	10	14	8	5	5	4
Clinical freedom
Strongly agree	10	10	11	55	52	56	12	10	14
Agree	62	62	62	33	35	32	61	60	63
Neither agree nor disagree	17	18	17	2	1	2	21	22	19
Disagree	10	10	9	8	10	8	6	8	4
Strongly disagree	1	1	1	3	3	3	0	0	0
High quality care
Strongly agree	5	4	6	44	40	46	9	7	12
Agree	41	39	42	35	38	34	50	48	53
Neither agree nor disagree	22	24	21	3	3	3	24	26	20
Disagree	26	29	24	13	14	13	17	18	14
Strongly disagree	6	5	6	5	6	5	1	1	1
Job satisfaction a
Extremely satisfied	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	22	21
Very satisfied	46	42	47	42	42	41	44	43	45
Somewhat satisfied	44	48	42	42	42	42	24	24	23
Neither satisfied/dissatisfied	-	-	-	1	2	1	8	8	7
Somewhat dissatisfied	9	9	9	11	11	11	2	1	3
Very dissatisfied	2	1	2	4	3	4	1	1	1
Extremely dissatisfied	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	1

^aCPHS four-category, CTS five-category, NORDOC seven-point Likert scale.