Table 1.
Demographic information for the study population compared with the total British Medical Association membership consented for research
| Total British Medical Association membership consented for research (%) | Study population n (%) |
|
| Age (years) | – | – |
| up to 25 | 17.8% | 15 (0.2%) |
| 26 to 29 | 9.0% | 164 (2.7%) |
| 30 to 34 | 9.6% | 398 (6.5%) |
| 35 to 39 | 10.3% | 643 (10.5%) |
| 40 to 44 | 10.3% | 837 (13.7%) |
| 45 to 49 | 10.8% | 1105 (18.1%) |
| 50 to 54 | 10.3% | 1262 (20.7%) |
| 55 to 59 | 8.1% | 1013 (16.6%) |
| 60 to 64 | 5.0% | 429 (7%) |
| 65 to 69 | 3.0% | 178 (2.9%) |
| over 69 | 5.9% | 63 (1%) |
| Gender | 46.3% Female | 2800 (46.5%) Female |
| Place of qualification | – | – |
| UK | 80.1% | 5077 (82.6%) |
| India | 8.2% | 331 (5.4%) |
| Pakistan | 2.2% | 55 (0.9%) |
| Ireland | 0.9% | 90 (1.5%) |
| Nigeria | 1.1% | 64 (1%) |
| Germany | 0.7% | 79 (1.3%) |
| South Africa | 0.7% | 58 (0.9%) |
| Other | 6.2% | 390 (6.3%) |
| Ethnicity | – | – |
| White British | 67.6% | 4825 (80.5%) |
| Asian or Asian British | 23.3% | 849 (14.2%) |
| Black or Black British | 3.5% | 122 (2%) |
| Chinese or Chinese British | 2.9% | 69 (1.2%) |
| Mixed | 2.7% | 127 (2.1%) |
| Grade | – | – |
| Academics | 2.1% | 66 (1.1%) |
| Consultants | 27.2% | 2301 (37.5%) |
| General practice | 26.0% | 2643 (43%) |
| Junior doctors | 26.4% | 568 (9.2%) |
| SASC | 5.3% | 313 (5.1%) |
| Retired | 8.6% | 54 (0.9%) |
| Other or no answer | 4.4% | 199 (3.2%) |
| Specialty* | – | – |
| Accident and emergency | / | 137 (2.3%) |
| Anaesthetics | / | 341 (5.7%) |
| General medicine | / | 690 (11.4%) |
| General practice | / | 2845 (47.2%) |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | / | 62 (1%) |
| Oncology | / | 111 (1.8%) |
| Other | / | 271 (4.5%) |
| Paediatrics | / | 66 (1.1%) |
| Pathology | / | 495 (8.2%) |
| Psychiatry | / | 106 (1.8%) |
| Radiology | / | 604 (10%) |
*No data were available on the distribution of specialty in the BMA population.
SASC, Staff, Associate Specialists and Specialty doctors.