Table 5.

The NHS is a good equal opportunities employer for women doctors: percentage response by gender, 1999–2013.^*

		Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Total	N (100%)
Men	1999	7.3	51.7	21.7	15.5	3.8	100.0	1782
	2000	14.4	49.4	17.1	15.9	3.3	100.0	849
	2001	14.3	53.0	16.8	15.3	0.6	100.0	969
	2002	13.5	52.6	17.8	13.1	3.1	100.0	873
	2003	17.0	54.0	15.4	11.3	2.3	100.0	1781
	2004	14.6	54.5	19.9	9.5	1.5	100.0	884
	2005	20.5	56.7	15.0	6.1	1.7	100.0	1383
	2013	51.2	40.1	7.0	1.2	0.5	100.0	758
Women	1999	3.7	51.0	20.1	21.3	3.9	100.0	2157
	2000	5.5	43.8	19.3	25.4	6.1	100.0	1302
	2001	5.7	52.7	14.2	21.8	5.5	100.0	1341
	2002	6.4	51.3	14.6	21.8	5.9	100.0	985
	2003	7.3	51.4	17.4	19.5	4.4	100.0	2693
	2004	5.3	54.4	16.9	19.2	4.2	100.0	923
	2005	8.5	59.1	14.6	14.4	3.4	100.0	2390
	2013	34.4	53.7	7.2	3.8	0.9	100.0	1400
Total	1999	5.3	51.3	20.8	18.7	3.9	100.0	3939
	2000	9.0	46.0	18.4	21.7	5.0	100.0	2151
	2001	9.2	52.3	15.2	18.9	4.4	100.0	2288
	2002	9.7	51.9	16.1	17.7	4.6	100.0	1858
	2003	11.3	52.4	16.6	16.2	3.6	100.0	4474
	2004	9.9	54.5	18.4	14.4	2.9	100.0	1807
	2005	12.9	58.2	14.7	11.3	2.8	100.0	3773
	2013	40.3	48.9	7.1	2.9	0.7	100.0	2158

^*Excludes respondents who did not reply to this question or who selected ‘No opinion’. Jonckheere-Terpstra test statistics: total – 16.3, men – 13.7, women – 10.9 (all p < 0.001).