Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Respondents by MD, MD-RI, or MD/PhD
| Demographic | Total, n (%) | MD/PhD, n (%) | MD-RI, n (%) |
MD, n (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | >.05 | ||||
| Female | 548 (51.7%) | 107 (47.6%) | 99 (53.8%) | 342 (52.6%) | |
| Male | 511 (48.3%) | 118 (52.4%) | 85 (46.2%) | 308 (47.4%) | |
| TOTAL | 1059 (100%) | 225 (100%) | 184 (100%) | 650 (100%) | |
| Training stage | <.001 | ||||
| Medical School Year 1 | 285 (27.5%) | 24 (11.2%) | 55 (31.1%) | 206 (32.0%) | |
| Medical School Year 2 | 209 (20.2%) | 26 (12.1%) | 40 (22.6%) | 143 (22.2%) | |
| Medical School Year 3 | 196 (18.9%) | 22 (10.2%) | 38 (21.5%) | 136 (21.1%) | |
| Medical School Year 4 | 209 (20.2%) | 21 (9.8%) | 43 (24.3%) | 145 (22.5%) | |
| Graduate School Year 1 | 36 (3.5%) | 25 (11.6%) | 1 (0.6%) | 10 (1.6%) | |
| Graduate School Year 2 | 37 (3.6%) | 35 (16.3%) | 0 (−-) | 2 (0.3%) | |
| Graduate School Year 3 | 28 (2.7%) | 27 (12.6%) | 0 (−-) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Graduate School Year 4 | 22 (2.1%) | 21 (9.8%) | 0 (−-) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Graduate School Year 5 or more | 14 (1.4%) | 14 (6.5%) | 0 (−-) | 0 (−-) | |
| TOTAL | 1036 (100%) | 215 (100%) | 177 (100%) | 644 (100%) | |
| Race | >.05 | ||||
| White | 633 (60.5%) | 138 (61.1%) | 101 (55.5%) | 394 (61.8%) | |
| Black or African American | 71 (6.8%) | 15 (6.6%) | 15 (8.2%) | 41 (6.4%) | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 (0.4%) | 0 (−-) | 0 (−-) | 4 (0.6%) | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 228 (21.8%) | 52 (23.0%) | 42 (23.1%) | 134 (21.0%) | |
| Multi-racial or Other | 78 (7.5%) | 15 (6.6%) | 17(9.3%) | 46 (7.2%) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 32 (3.1%) | 6 (2.7%) | 7 (3.8%) | 19 (3.0%) | |
| TOTAL | 1046 (100%) | 226 (100%) | 182 (100%) | 638 (100%) | |
| Ethnicity | <.01 | ||||
| Hispanic | 97 (9.2%) | 8 (3.5%) | 24 (13.0%) | 65 (10.1%) | |
| Not Hispanic | 958 (90.8%) | 218 (96.5%) | 160 (87.0%) | 580 (89.9%) | |
| TOTAL | 1055 (100%) | 226 (100%) | 184 (100%) | 645 (100%) | |
| Marital Status | <.001 | ||||
| Is married/partnered | 226 (22.0%) | 73 (32.6%) | 33 (17.9%) | 120 (19.4%) | |
| Is NOT married/partnered | 799 (78.0%) | 151 (67.4%) | 151 (82.1%) | 497 (80.6%) | |
| TOTAL | 1025 (100%) | 224 (100%) | 184 (100%) | 617 (100%) | |
| Parental Status | >.05 | ||||
| Has a child/children (of 1025) | 37 (3.6%) | 14 (6.3%) | 5 (2.7%) | 18 (2.9%) | |
| Does NOT have a child/children | 988 (96.4%) | 210 (93.8%) | 179 (97.3%) | 599 (97.1%) | |
| TOTAL | 1025 (100%) | 224 (100%) | 184 (100%) | 617 (100%) | |
| Total, n (% of 1103) | MD/PhD, n (% of 226) | MD-RI, n (% of 184) |
MD, n (% of 693) | P value | |
| Advanced degree of mothera | |||||
| MD or DO | 172 (15.6%) | 46 (20.4%) | 37 (20.1%) | 89 (12.8%) | <.01 |
| DDS | 4 (0.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.3%) | >.05b |
| PhD | 32 (2.9%) | 7 (3.1%) | 5 (2.7%) | 20 (2.9%) | >.05 |
| JD | 7 (0.6%) | 0 (−-) | 2 (1.1%) | 5 (0.7%) | >.05b |
| DVM | 203 (18.4%) | 49 (21.7%) | 42 (22.8%) | 112 (16.2%) | <.05 |
| Master’s | 88 (8.0%) | 11 (4.9%) | 12 (6.5%) | 65 (9.4%) | >.05 |
| Area of medicine mother works ina | |||||
| Academia | 35 (3.2%) | 6 (2.7%) | 10 (5.4%) | 19 (2.7%) | >.05 |
| Private practice | 58 (5.3%) | 16 (7.1%) | 12 (6.5%) | 30 (4.3%) | >.05 |
| Consulting | 4 (0.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.3%) | >.05b |
| Industry | 3 (0.3%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (−-) | 2 (0.3%) | >.05b |
| Advanced degree of fathera | |||||
| MD or DO | 341 (30.9%) | 84 (37.2%) | 68 (37.0%) | 189 (27.3%) | <.01 |
| DDS | 14 (1.3%) | 3 (1.3%) | 1 (0.5%) | 10 (1.4%) | >.05 |
| PhD | 89 (8.1%) | 15 (6.6%) | 10 (5.4%) | 64 (9.2%) | >.05 |
| JD | 12 (1.1%) | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (1.1%) | 9 (1.3%) | >.05 |
| DVM | 188 (17.0%) | 53 (23.5%) | 33 (17.9%) | 102 (14.7%) | <.05 |
| Master’s | 59 (5.3%) | 6 (2.7%) | 13 (7.1%) | 40 (5.8%) | >.05 |
| Area of medicine father works ina | |||||
| Academia | 86 (7.8%) | 21 (9.3%) | 23 (12.5%) | 42 (6.1%) | <.05 |
| Private practice | 129 (11.7%) | 21 (9.3%) | 23 (12.5%) | 85 (12.3%) | >.05 |
| Consulting | 11 (1.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 9 (1.3%) | >.05b |
| Industry | 12 (1.1%) | 2 (0.9%) | 2 (1.1%) | 8 (1.2%) | >.05b |
| How primarily paid for medical schoola | |||||
| MD-PhD or DO-PhD sponsored | 226 (20.5%) | 226 (100%) | 0 (−-) | 0 (−-) | <.001 |
| Scholarships | 327 (29.6%) | 7 (3.1%) | 81 (44.0%) | 239 (34.5%) | <.001 |
| Grants | 185 (16.8%) | 16 (7.1%) | 42 (22.8%) | 127 (18.3%) | <.001 |
| Loans | 636 (57.7%) | 17 (7.5%) | 133 (72.3%) | 486 (70.1%) | <.001 |
| National Service | 15 (1.4%) | 0 (−-) | 3 (1.6%) | 12 (1.7%) | >.05b |
| Personal Savings | 124 (11.2%) | 5 (2.2%) | 24 (13.0%) | 95 (13.7%) | <.001 |
| Family/partner Support | 302 (27.4%) | 5 (2.2%) | 75 (40.8%) | 222 (32.0%) | <.001 |
| Work | 54 (4.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 15 (8.2%) | 38 (5.5%) | <.01 |
| Work Study | 7 (0.6%) | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (1.1%) | 4 (0.6%) | >.05b |
aRespondents could select all applicable choices, will not sum to 100%
bFisher’s Exact calculated due to minimum cell count violations
bolded are statistically significant