Table 2.
Degree of general mistreatment reported by US medical school graduates, according to their sex, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, and unique identity group (n=30 651)*
| Characteristic | No reported experiences of mistreatment (n=16 544, 54.0%) |
Isolated experiences of mistreatment (n=6925, 22.6%) |
Recurrent experiences of one type of mistreatment (n=4277, 14.0%) |
Recurrent experiences of multiple types of mistreatment (n=2904, 9.5%) |
P value† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Male (n=15 866) | 9379 (59.1) | 3090 (19.5) | 1974 (12.4) | 1422 (9.0) | P<0.001 |
| Female (n=14 785) | 7165 (48.5) | 3835 (25.9) | 2303 (15.6) | 1482 (10.0) | |
| Race and ethnicity | |||||
| White (n=18 335) | 9876 (53.9) | 4013 (21.9) | 2821 (15.4) | 1625 (8.9) | P<0.001 |
| Non-white (n=12 315) | 6668 (54.1) | 2912 (23.6) | 1456 (11.8) | 1279 (10.4) | |
| Sexual orientation | |||||
| Heterosexual (n=28 843) | 15 841 (54.9) | 6509 (22.6) | 3963 (13.7) | 2530 (8.8) | P<0.001 |
| Lesbian, gay, or bisexual (n=1808) | 703 (38.9) | 416 (23.0) | 314 (17.4) | 375 (20.7) | |
| Unique identity group | |||||
| Male; white; heterosexual (n=9392) | 5651 (60.2) | 1743 (18.6) | 1270 (13.5) | 729 (7.8) | P<0.001 |
| Male; non-white; heterosexual (n=5424) | 3288 (60.6) | 1104 (20.4) | 534 (9.9) | 497 (9.2) | |
| Male; white; lesbian, gay, or bisexual (n=626) | 281 (44.9) | 133 (21.2) | 109 (17.4) | 104 (16.5) | |
| Female; white; heterosexual (n=7857) | 3787 (48.2) | 2028 (25.8) | 1340 (17.1) | 702 (8.9) | |
| Male; non-white; lesbian, gay, or bisexual (n=424) | 159 (37.7) | 110 (26.1) | 61 (14.4) | 93 (21.9) | |
| Female; non-white; heterosexual (n=6170) | 3115 (50.5) | 1634 (26.5) | 819 (13.3) | 602 (9.8) | |
| Female; white; lesbian, gay, or bisexual (n=459) | 158 (34.4) | 109 (23.8) | 102 (22.2) | 90 (19.6) | |
| Female; non-white; lesbian, gay, or bisexual (n=299) | 105 (35.1) | 64 (21.4) | 42 (14.1) | 88 (29.3) |
Data are number (%) of students unless stated otherwise.
*
Row percentages might not add to 100% owing to rounding.
†
P value for χ2 test of the association between each sociodemographic variable and the four level mistreatment variable. P values for unique identity groups are compared to the reference group of male, white, and heterosexual medical graduates.