Table 1.
Gender and age composition of LFS respondents with a medical degree: April 1997–June 2014
| Male | Female | Test for difference in gender proportions |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 test | p Value | |||
| Age range | ||||
| 23–29 | 327 (15) | 519 (24) | 39.6 | <0.001 |
| 30–39 | 734 (34) | 791 (36) | 1.1 | 0.294 |
| 40–64 | 1088 (51) | 885 (40) | 25.4 | <0.001 |
| Total | 2149 (100%) | 2195 (100%) | 66.1 | <0.001 |
| Place of work | ||||
| Hospital | 1565 (73) | 1333 (61) | 23.8 | <0.001 |
| Non-hospital | 584 (27) | 862 (39) | 47.7 | <0.001 |
| Total | 2149 (100%) | 2195 (100%) | 71.5 | <0.001 |
| Type of work | ||||
| Part-time | 82 (4) | 586 (27) | 366.4 | <0.001 |
| Full-time | 2029 (96) | 1589 (73) | 67.5 | <0.001 |
| Total | 2111 (100%) | 2175 (100%) | 432.9 | <0.001 |
| t test | p Value | |||
|
Average weekly hours among full-time workers |
£48.95 [11] | £44.50 [10] | 12.5 | <0.001 |
|
Average hourly wage among full-time workers |
£30.74 [15] | £24.48 [12] | 13.5 | <0.001 |
Values in parentheses () are column percentages.
Values in square brackets [ ] are standard deviations.
LFS, Labour Force Survey.