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. 2015 Feb 3;20:10.3402/meo.v20.25923. doi: 10.3402/meo.v20.25923

Table 4.

Order of indicated frequencies of experienced types of discriminationa

No experience Five or less total experiences Annual experience Monthly experience Weekly experience





N % N % N % N % N %
1. Inappropriate firing from position 127 25 Barriers to promotion or barriers to job progression 52 15 Disparities in salaries or benefits 41 26 Inappropriate verbal exchange 25 29 Lack of respect from medical team 25 23
2. Barriers to hire for applied positions 92 18 Lack of respect from medical team 50 15 Lack of respect from medical team 31 17 Lack of respect from medical team 16 18 Inappropriate verbal exchange 24 22
3. Bias against pregnancy 75 15 Sexual harassment 49 15 Inappropriate verbal exchange 30 17 Disparities in salaries or benefits 13 15 Disparities in salaries or benefits 21 19
4. Sexual harassment 66 13 Inappropriate verbal exchange 47 14 Barriers to promotion or barriers to job progression 30 17 Barriers to promotion or barriers to job progression 12 14 Barriers to promotion or barriers to job progression 12 11
5. Disparities in salaries or benefits 48 9 Barriers to hire for applied positions 46 14 Sexual harassment 20 11 Sexual harassment 9 10 Bias against pregnancy 11 10
6. Barriers to promotion or barriers to job progression 47 9 Bias against pregnancy 44 13 Bias against pregnancy 16 9 Bias against pregnancy 7 8 Sexual harassment 9 8
7. Lack of respect from medical team 31 6 Disparities in salaries or benefits 30 9 Barriers to hire for applied positions 7 4 Barriers to hire for applied positions 4 5 Barriers to hire for applied positions 4 4
8. Inappropriate verbal exchange 27 5 Inappropriate firing from position 18 5 Inappropriate firing from position 4 2 Inappropriate firing from position 1 1 Inappropriate firing from position 3 3
a

Subjects indicated the frequency of each experience type based on the above five categories; subjects were permitted to indicate more than one type of experience for a given temporal category.