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. 2014 Oct 3;9(10):e104828. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104828

Table 1. Main characteristics of Residents (n = 631) from the different Medical Universities participating to the Survey.

Medical University University Victor Segalen University Paul Sabatier University of Montpellier University Méditerranée University Nice Sophia Antipolis University Joseph Fournier Total
Location Bordeaux Toulouse Montpellier Marseille Nice Grenoble -
Age mean (SD), years 27.8 (2.1) 27.5 (1.9) 27.4 (1.8) 27.3 (2.0) 26.9 (1.0) 27.4 (2.0) 27.5 (1.9)
Women, % 58.7 70.6 68.1 65.4 86.4 71.8 68.0
Response rate, Number (%) 93 (13.3) 156 (17.9) 122 (17.5) 134 (20.0) 22 (14.6) 104 (18.8) 631 (17.3)
Number of years in residence (%)
0 yr 21 (22.6) 25 (16.0) 19 (15.6) 30 (22.4) 8 (36.5) 25 (24.0) 128 (20.3)
1 yr 18 (19.3) 38 (24.3) 37 (30.3) 42 (31.3) 4 (18.1) 25 (24.0) 164 (26.0)
2 yr 21 (22.6) 47 (30.1) 40 (32.8) 35 (26.1) 9 (40.9) 39 (37.6) 191 (30.3)
3 yr 22 (23.6) 33 (21.1) 19 (15.6) 14 (10.4) 1 (4.5) 9 (8.6) 98 (15.5)
4 yr 11 (11.8) 12 (7.7) 7 (5.7) 12 (8.9) 0 6 (5.8) 48 (7.6)
5 yr 0 1 (0.6) 0 1 (0.7) 0 0 2 (0.3)
Specialty (number, %)
Family practice 21 (22.6) 71 (45.5) 57 (46.7) 66 (49.3) 22 (100)* 61 (58.7) 298 (47.2)
Medical specialty 27 (29.0) 29 (18.5) 26 (21.3) 24 (17.9) 0 22 (21.2) 128 (20.3)
Surgery 17 (18.2) 14 (9.0) 13 (10.7) 12 (9.0) 0 6 (5.8) 62 (9.8)
Anesthesiology 5 (5.4) 9 (5.8) 5 (4.1) 8 (6.0) 0 2 (1.9) 29 (4.6)
Psychiatry 5 (5.4) 16 (10.3) 10 (8.2) 8 (6.0) 0 5 (4.7) 44 (7.0)
Others 18 (19.4) 17 (10.9) 11 (9.0) 16 (11.8) 0 8 (7.7) 70 (11.1)

* In Nice University, only residents in family practice were included.

Medical specialty: Cardiology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Radiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Oncology, Hematology, Endocrinology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rheumatology, Genetic.

Others: Pediatry, Gynecology, Obstetric, Public health, Biology.

Abbreviations SD: Standard Deviation; yr: year.