Table 7.

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

		Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Total	N (100%)
Men	1999	1.1	11.9	45.9	30.5	10.6	100.0	1478
	2000	2.5	9.7	37.6	37.2	13.0	100.0	774
	2001	1.8	14.6	35.9	37.3	10.4	100.0	900
	2002	1.5	14.7	37.9	37.3	8.6	100.0	781
	2003	2.8	14.6	39.1	33.6	9.8	100.0	1591
	2004	2.5	16.0	57.2	20.2	4.1	100.0	757
	2005	3.6	22.5	42.3	25.5	6.1	100.0	1200
	2013	21.8	35.9	30.7	10.1	1.5	100.0	527
Women	1999	0.5	8.6	43.8	36.9	10.3	100.0	1599
	2000	1.2	8.5	37.9	40.8	11.7	100.0	1128
	2001	0.5	8.9	34.3	44.8	11.4	100.0	1104
	2002	0.3	8.5	40.2	41.4	9.6	100.0	778
	2003	1.0	11.7	40.9	38.4	8.1	100.0	2170
	2004	1.1	9.5	55.3	28.7	5.4	100.0	725
	2005	1.6	18.5	46.3	28.1	5.5	100.0	1881
	2013	16.9	38.8	31.0	10.6	2.7	100.0	860
Total	1999	0.8	10.2	44.8	33.8	10.4	100.0	3077
	2000	1.7	9.0	37.7	39.3	12.3	100.0	1902
	2001	1.1	11.4	35.0	41.5	11.0	100.0	2004
	2002	0.9	11.6	39.1	39.3	9.1	100.0	1559
	2003	1.8	12.9	40.1	36.4	8.8	100.0	3671
	2004	1.8	12.8	56.3	24.4	4.7	100.0	1482
	2005	2.4	20.1	44.8	27.1	5.7	100.0	3081
	2013	18.7	37.7	30.9	10.4	2.2	100.0	1387

^*Excludes respondents who did not reply to this question or who selected ‘No opinion’. Jonckheere-Terpstra test statistics: total – 17.2, men – 11.0, women – 13.7 (all p < 0.001).