Table 1.
Survey questions and answer data (n=502)*
| Binary questions | True, n (%) | False, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I received further subspecialty training following anesthesiology residency (ACGME or non-ACGME) | 317 (66) | 165 (34) | |
| Do you have children? | 397 (83) | 82 (17) | |
| I am a full-time employee of an anesthesiology department | 390 (82) | 85 (18) | |
| My role as a physician involves home/pager call | 351 (74) | 123 (26) | |
| I have departmental or hospital leadership responsibilities such as schedule making or as a division or department chief | 222 (47) | 251 (53) | |
| I have taken steps such as limiting my roles at work or working part-time due to the high level of emotional or physical stress placed on me by my work | 181 (38) | 293 (62) | |
| I have taken steps such as limiting my roles at work or working part-time not due to work-related stress, but due to demands of my home life | 197 (42) | 277 (59) | |
| Likert scale (5-point) questions | Agree or strongly agree, n (%) | Neutral, n (%) | Disagree or strongly disagree, n (%) |
| I am satisfied with my job choice and could not see myself in another area of medicine or another career | 298 (66) | 90 (20) | 65 (14) |
| I feel women in medicine need to work harder than men medicine to achieve similar goals | 409 (90) | 29 (6) | 17 (4) |
| I believe my gender has negatively affected my career advancement | 239 (52) | 107 (23) | 115 (25) |
| Overall, I feel that my work-life balance is ideal for me | 151 (33) | 105 (23) | 206 (45) |
| I feel my male colleagues appreciate having a female anesthesiologist in leadership positions | 120 (26) | 157 (34) | 167 (36) |
| I feel my female colleagues appreciate having a female anesthesiologist in leadership positions | 362 (78) | 59 (13) | 32 (0.07) |
| I feel my male colleagues react to my vocalized thoughts concerning medical practice similarly as they would react to a male vocalizing identical thoughts | 105 (23) | 86 (19) | 255 (56) |
| Concerning caring for patients and enacting plans, I feel the best operating room team composition includes more women than men | 107 (23) | 237 (52) | 105 (23) |
| I have experienced sexual harassment by a work colleague, e.g., unwanted touches or sexual comments/texts at some point in my career | 250 (55) | 32 (7) | 172 (38) |
| Outside of work, I am responsible for the majority of my household duties | 273 (60) | 67 (15) | 112 (25) |
| During a 7 days period, I participate in daily physical exercise | 160 (35) | 39 (9) | 254 (56) |
| Overall, my department is excited when a female staff announces a pregnancy | 145 (32) | 121 (27) | 163 (36) |
| The call schedule penalizes women for taking maternity leave, e.g., pay it forward with calls, etc. | 126 (28) | 71 (16) | 178 (39) |
| I feel the number of children I have or don’t have is related, in part, to my career choice | 230 (51) | 41 (9) | 164 (36) |
| My department strives to ensure antepartum safety by making reasonable accommodations in clinical assignments, e.g., avoidance of fluoroscopy anesthetic locations for pregnant staff, etc. | 264 (63) | 58 (14) | 97 (23) |
| My department strives to ensure ease with postpartum lactation needs, such as operating room relief when breast pumping is necessary and lactation room | 143 (32) | 82 (18) | 167 (37) |
| I did not breastfeed or pump breast milk for my baby due to concerns of workplace harm to my baby, e.g., anesthetic gases | 9 (0.02) | 18 (5) | 312 (80) |
| I did not breast feed due to inconveniences of pumping at work, e.g., time, space, equipment | 100 (26) | 36 (9) | 209 (54) |
| My hospital provides a lactation space that is suitable for my needs | 127 (33) | 48 (12) | 137 (35) |
*Totals don’t add up to 502 as not every question was answered by all participants