Table 1.

Demographic and practice characteristics of respondents

	All neurosurgeons (n=1202)		Academic (n=823)		Non-academic (n=379)		P value*
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	1117	92.93	757	91.98	360	94.99	0.069
Female	85	7.07	66	8.02	19	5.01	0.069
Age (years)
≤35	586	48.75	406	49.33	180	47.49	0.58
36–45	439	36.52	307	37.30	132	34.83	0.41
46–55	158	13.14	99	12.03	59	15.57	0.092
≥56	19	1.58	11	1.34	8	2.11	0.47
Marital status
Married	956	79.53	630	76.55	326	86.02	< 0.01
Unmarried	196	16.31	164	19.93	32	8.44	< 0.01
Divorced	50	4.16	29	3.52	21	5.54	0.11
Number of kids (married only)
0	80	8.37	74	11.75	6	1.84	< 0.01
1	589	61.61	392	62.22	197	60.43	0.59
≥2	287	30.02	164	26.03	123	37.73	< 0.01
Nature of current employer
Public	1105	91.93	794	96.48	311	82.06	< 0.01
Private	97	8.07	29	3.52	68	17.94	< 0.01
Professional status
Intern	36	3.00	25	3.04	11	2.90	0.99
Resident	336	27.95	241	29.28	95	25.07	0.13
Attending doctor	509	42.35	342	41.56	167	44.06	0.41
Senior/chief	321	26.71	215	26.12	106	27.97	0.50
Working hours per week (hours, mean±SD)
Total	63.91±11.04	64.39±9.63	–	61.92±8.34	< 0.01
Clinic	58.19±10.34	56.17±9.12	61.42±7.92	< 0.01
Research	5.72±3.67	8.21±4.64	0.53±0.36	< 0.01
Annual income (10 000RMB)
<6	202	16.81	121	14.70	81	21.37	< 0.01
6–10	384	31.95	231	28.07	153	40.37	< 0.01
11–15	366	30.45	264	32.08	102	26.91	0.071
16–20	172	14.31	140	17.01	32	8.44	< 0.01
≥20	78	6.49	67	8.14	11	2.90	< 0.01
Experience or witness of workplace violence in the last 5 years
Yes	456	37.94	289	35.12	167	44.06	< 0.01
Encouraging child to become a doctor
Yes	80	6.66	55	6.68	25	6.60	0.99
No	876	72.88	573	69.62	303	79.95	< 0.01
Not sure	246	20.47	195	23.69	51	13.46	< 0.01

Bold values indicate p values less than 0.05.

"–" indicates not applicable.

*The p values indicate the difference between the academic and the non-academic neurosurgeons. A p value less than 0.05 is considered as statistical significance.