Table 1.

Demographic data of medical doctors in Dhaka, Bangladesh

		Sex
		Male		Female		Total		testa
		Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D
Age (years)		36.51	6.752	34.81	6.535	35.73	6.687	0.110
Working period as MD (year)		7.15	5.605	5.19	4.904	6.25	5.369	0.023
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Residence	Urban	61	71.8%	49	67.1%	110	69.6%	0.604
	Rural	24	28.2%	24	32.9%	48	30.4%
	Total	85	100.0%	73	100.0%	158	100.0%
Marital status	Married	53	61.6%	43	58.9%	96	60.4%	0.894
	Not married	28	32.6%	25	34.2%	53	33.3%
	Widow	0	0.0%	1	1.4%	1	0.6%
	Divorced/Separated	5	5.8%	4	5.5%	9	5.7%
	Total	86	100.0%	73	100.0%	159	100.0%
Education	MBBSb	52	60.5%	54	74.0%	106	66.7%	0.091
	Post graduates	34	39.5%	19	26.0%	53	33.3%
	Total	86	100.0%	73	100.0%	159	100.0%
Job status	Government Employee	32	37.6%	41	56.2%	73	46.2%	0.025
	Private/NGO employee	45	52.9%	23	31.5%	68	43.0%
	Private practice	8	9.4%	9	12.3%	17	10.8%
	Total	85	100.0%	73	100.0%	158	100.0%
Monthly income (in Takac)	<30000	9	10.5%	26	35.6%	35	22.0%	<0.000
	30000–60000	54	62.8%	38	52.1%	92	57.9%
	>60000	23	26.7%	9	12.3%	32	20.1%
	Total	86	100.0%	73	100.0%	159	100.0%
Religion	Muslim	62	72.1%	54	77.1%	116	74.4%	0.497
	Hindu	21	24.4%	14	20.0%	35	22.4%
	Buddhist	1	1.2%	2	2.9%	3	1.9%
	Christian	2	2.3%	0	0.0%	2	1.3%
	Total	86	100.0%	70	100.0%	156	100.0%
Per day patient number	1–9 patients	23	27.4%	21	29.6%	44	28.4%	0.655
	10–19 patients	31	36.9%	18	25.4%	49	31.6%
	20–29 patients	15	17.9%	14	19.7%	29	18.7%
	30 or more patients	15	17.9%	18	25.4%	33	21.3%
	Total	84	100.0%	71	100.0%	155	100.0%

a: t-test for Age (years) and Working period as MD (year), χ²-test for Residence, Marital status, Education, Job status, Religion, Mann-Whitney U-test for Monthly income (in Taka), Per day patient number

b: MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

c: 1USD =70 Taka