Table 1.
Physician Respondents Characteristics.
| Character | Sample (n = 135) |
Specialist (n = 76, 57%) |
Residents (n = 27, 19%) |
Interns (n = 32, 24%) |
χ2/F | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Men | 97 | 72 | 52 | 68 | 19 | 70 | 26 | 81 | NS |
| Female | 38 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 19 | |
| In relationship | 103 | 76 | 57 | 75 | 26 | 96 | 20 | 63 | χ2 = 9.41 **, p = 0.009 |
| Jewish | 96 | 71 | 63 | 83 | 16 | 59 | 17 | 53 | χ2 = 12.02 **, p = 0.002 |
| Religiosity: | χ2 = 25.91 ***, p < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Secular | 101 | 75 | 68 | 89 | 17 | 65 | 16 | 50 | |
| Traditional | 24 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 41 | |
| Religious | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 9 | |
| Born in Israel | 83 | 62 | 31 | 41 | 20 | 74 | 32 | 100 | χ2 = 4.86 ***, p < 0.001 |
| Studied in Israel | 36 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 14 | 47 | χ2 = 7.60 *, p = 0.02 |
| Specialization: | - | - | NS | ||||||
| (without interns) | |||||||||
| Surgical | 35 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 24 | |||
| Internal | 36 | 36 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 52 | |||
| Diagnostic | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Pediatrics | 19 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Age (M ± SD) Range: 24–73 |
42 ± 12.54 | 50 ± 10.17 | 34 ± 6.10 | 29 ± 3.81 | F = 85.51 ***, p < 0.001 | ||||
| Seniority (M ± SD) Range: 0.5–50 |
16 ± 13.08 | 23 ± 10.66 | 6 ± 3.66 | 1 ± 0.44 | F = 95.56 ***, p < 0.001 | ||||
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.