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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 May 14;110(3):1082–1090. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.004

Table 8.

Career satisfaction

Responses 2019 Survey 2014 Survey (N=995) 2009 Survey (N=1,670) 2005 Survey 2003 Survey
N % % % % %
 Extremely satisfied 161 16.8 14.9 17.5 15.0 12.0
 Very satisfied 358 37.3 28.6 28.7 26.0 23.0
 Satisfied 279 29.0 29.3 25.8 27.0 26.0
 Somewhat satisfied 135 14.0 21.3 21.3 23.0 28.0
 Not at all satisfied 28 2.9 5.9 6.8 9.0 11.0
Total 961 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean Rating:* 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0
*

5 = Extremely satisfied, 4 = Very satisfied, 3=Satisfied, 2 = Somewhat satisfied, 1 = Not at all satisfied