Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Academic Medical Faculty in the National Faculty Survey, 1995 to 2012–13, From a Multi-Institutional Study of Race/Ethnicity and Success in Academic Medicine
| Characteristic and value | No. | White (n = 1,019) |
Non-URM (n = 88) |
URM (n = 163) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender in 1995, no. (%) | 1,270 | .002 | |||
| Female | 520/1,019 (51) | 50/88 (57) | 61/163 (37) | ||
| Department in 1995, no. (%) | 1,215 | .08 | |||
| Basic sciences | 241/978 (25) | 18/83 (22) | 21/154 (14) | ||
| Generalists | 267/978 (27) | 23/83 (22) | 42/154 (27) | ||
| Medical specialty | 297/978 (30) | 28/83 (34) | 62/154 (40) | ||
| Surgical specialty | 173/978 (18) | 14/83 (17) | 29/154 (19) | ||
| Years in academia in 2012–13, mean (SD)a | 914 | 26.4 (9.4) | 25.5 (9.8) | 24.1 (7.7) | .06 |
| Marital status in 1995, no. (%)a | 1,258 | 824/1,010 (82) | 67/88 (76) | 123/160 (77) | .21 |
| Married or partnered | |||||
| Parental status in 1995, no. (%) | 1,262 | 773/1,013 (76) | 63/88 (72) | 127/161 (79) | .43 |
| 1 or more children | |||||
| Effort distribution in 1995, mean (SD) | 1,262 | ||||
| % administrativeb | 19.0 (17) | 15.0 (17) | 18.7 (20) | .14 | |
| % researchc | 1,263 | 30.1 (29) | 35.2 (36) | 23.1 (27) | .004 |
| % clinicald | 1,267 | 30.7 (29) | 30.5 (30) | 38.2 (27) | .009 |
| % teachinge | 1,265 | 20.1 (14) | 19.3 (13) | 20.0 (14) | .86 |
Abbreviation: URM indicates underrepresented in medicine.
a
Respondents for this category were: 757 white, 60 non-URM, 97 URM.
b
Respondents for this category were: 1,012 White, 88 non-URM, 162 URM.
c
Respondents for this category were: 1,013 White, 88 non-URM, 162 URM.
d
Respondents for this category were: 1,017 White, 88 non-URM, 162 URM.
e
Respondents for this category were: 1,015 White, 88 non-URM, 162 URM.