Table 2.
Percentage agreement with three statements about equal opportunities: doctors in their first postgraduate year surveyed between 2000 and 2013.
| Year of survey |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2013 | ||
| (1) The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for women doctors | |||||
| Agreement (%) | 55.0 | 58.8 | 61.2 | 89.2 | 67.2 |
| Agree (n) | 1182 | 383 | 1602 | 1926 | 5093 |
| Disagreement (%) | 13.3 | 24.3 | 20.8 | 3.6 | 17.9 |
| Disagree (n) | 287 | 158 | 545 | 78 | 1354 |
| Total (N) | 2151 | 651 | 2617 | 2158 | 7577 |
| (2) The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for doctors from ethnic minorities | |||||
| Agreement (%) | 50.3 | 55.9 | 58.5 | 91.0 | 64.8 |
| Agree (n) | 1052 | 356 | 1476 | 1807 | 4691 |
| Disagreement (%) | 25.5 | 26.6 | 20.9 | 2.2 | 17.3 |
| Disagree (n) | 532 | 150 | 528 | 44 | 1254 |
| Total (N) | 2090 | 637 | 2522 | 1986 | 7235 |
| (3) The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for doctors with disabilities | |||||
| Agreement (%) | 10.7 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 56.5 | 22.5 |
| Agree (n) | 203 | 71 | 310 | 783 | 1367 |
| Disagreement (%) | 51.6 | 55.3 | 48.5 | 12.6 | 41.9 |
| Disagree (n) | 981 | 320 | 1065 | 175 | 2541 |
| Total (N) | 1902 | 579 | 2195 | 1387 | 6063 |
‘
Agreement’ denotes numbers replying ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ combined and ‘Disagreement’ denotes numbers replying ‘disagree’ or ‘strongly disagree’ combined, and denoted by ‘n’ in the table. Totals (N) exclude respondents who did not reply to the question or who selected ‘No opinion’.
χ21 for linear trend in percentage agreement 1999–2005 (all p < 0.001): Women doctors χ21 = 685.9; Ethnic minorities χ21 = 846.2; Disabilities χ21 = 1151.7.