Table 3.
Percentage agreement with three statements about equal opportunities: middle grade doctors surveyed between 1999 and 2005.
| Year of survey |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| (1) The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for women doctors | |||||||
| Agreement (%) | 56.6 | 62.5 | 61.6 | 66.9 | 64.3 | 71.1 | 63.9 |
| Agree (n) | 2231 | 1086 | 1145 | 1242 | 1162 | 2684 | 9550 |
| Disagreement (%) | 22.5 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 14.1 | 19.2 |
| Disagree (n) | 888 | 375 | 414 | 342 | 313 | 533 | 2865 |
| Total (N) | 3939 | 1709 | 1858 | 1857 | 1807 | 3773 | 14,943 |
| (2) The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for doctors from ethnic minorities | |||||||
| Agreement (%) | 41.8 | 42.8 | 43.9 | 49.4 | 48.2 | 61.6 | 49.0 |
| Agree (n) | 1537 | 697 | 683 | 853 | 742 | 2195 | 6707 |
| Disagreement (%) | 31.1 | 32.9 | 28.7 | 24.6 | 22.9 | 18.4 | 26.0 |
| Disagree (n) | 1144 | 536 | 446 | 424 | 353 | 654 | 3557 |
| Total (N) | 3680 | 1627 | 1556 | 1727 | 1540 | 3563 | 13,693 |
| (3) The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for doctors with disabilities | |||||||
| Agreement (%) | 11.0 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 22.4 | 15.3 |
| Agree (n) | 337 | 191 | 195 | 242 | 217 | 691 | 1873 |
| Disagreement (%) | 44.3 | 50.8 | 48.4 | 40.5 | 29.1 | 32.8 | 40.4 |
| Disagree (n) | 1362 | 758 | 755 | 635 | 431 | 1011 | 4952 |
| Total (N) | 3077 | 1491 | 1559 | 1566 | 1482 | 3081 | 12,256 |
‘
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 2000–2013 (all p < 0.001): Women doctors χ21 = 167.6; Ethnic minorities χ21 = 268.1; Disabilities χ21 = 141.7.