Table 2.
Demographics of participants from urban and rural areas
| Location of practice: a | Urban (n = 254, 54.9%) |
Rural areas b (n = 209, 45.1%) |
Overall (n = 463) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender: Female | 180 (70.9%) | 148 (70.8%) | 328 (70.8%) |
| Male | 72 (28.3%) | 59 (28.2%) | 131 (28.3%) |
| Rather not say | 2 (0.8%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (0.9%) |
| General Practice Qualifications: | |||
| FRACGP | 201 (79.1%) | 130 (62.2%) | 331 (71.5%) |
| FACRRM and FRACGP | 2 (0.8%) | 11 (5.3%) | 13 (2.8%) |
| FACRRM | 0 (0%) | 8 (3.8%) | 8 (1.7%) |
| GP Registrars | 35 (13.8%) | 50 (23.9%) | 85 (18.4%) |
| Other | 16 (6.3%) | 10 (4.8%) | 26 (5.6%%) |
| Number of years working in general practice: | |||
| Less than 1 year | 8 (3.1%) | 17 (8.1%) | 25 (5.4%) |
| 1–4 years | 70 (27.6%) | 63 (30.1%) | 133 (28.7%) |
| 5–9 years | 59 (23.2%) | 48 (23.0%) | 107 (23.1%) |
| 10–19 years | 54 (21.3%) | 40 (19.1%) | 94 (20.3%) |
| 20 years and more | 63 (24.8%) | 41 (19.6%) | 104 (22.5%) |
| Number of hours per week working in general practice | |||
| 1–16 h | 37 (14.6%) | 27 (12.9%) | 64 (13.8%) |
| 17–32 h | 111 (43.7%) | 72 (34.4%) | 183 (39.5%) |
| 33–40 h | 66 (26.0%) | 76 (36.4%) | 142 (30.7%) |
| More than 40 h | 40 (15.7%) | 34 (16.3%) | 74 (16.0%) |
aNew South Wales: 163, Queensland: 103, Victoria: 84, South Australia: 41, Western Australia: 36, Tasmania: 20, Northern Territory: 11, and Australian Capital Territory: 5
bInner regional areas: 127 (27.4%), Outer regional areas: 58 (12.5%), Remote/ Very remote areas: 24 (5.2%)