Table.
Demographic | Interviewees | ERAS Applicantsa | ||
N (%) | Disaggregated Mixed Race Categoryb N (%) | N (%) | Weighted Averagec | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 361 (63.9) | 20 913 (49.6) | 54.4 | |
Male | 181 (32.0) | 21 196 (50.3) | 45.5 | |
Non-binary | 3 (0.5) | |||
Transgender | 1 (0.2) | |||
Prefer not to answer | 4 (0.7) | |||
Unknown | 15 (2.7) | 20 (0.0) | 0.0 | |
UiMd | ||||
Yes | 108 (19.1) | 112 (17.9) | 8072 (19.2) | 19.2 |
No | 437 (77.3) | 492 (78.8) | 27 067 (64.2) | |
Unknown | 20 (3.5) | 20 (3.2) | 3377 (8.0) | |
Race | ||||
White | 306 (54.2) | 347 (55.6) | 17 365 (41.2) | 42.4 |
Asian | 106 (18.8) | 133 (21.3) | 9702 (23.0]) | 22.3 |
Latinxe | 32 (5.7) | 53 (8.5) | 3694 (8.8) | 8.9 |
Blackf | 29 (5.1) | 39 (6.3) | 3976 (9.4) | 9.4 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 (1.1) | 12 (1.9) | 302 (0.7) | 0.7 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.1) | 100 (0.2) | 0.2 |
Multiracial | 55 (9.7) | |||
Other | 11 (2.0) | 13 (2.1) | 1684 (4.0) | 3.8 |
Unknown | 20 (3.5) | 20 (3.2) | 1693 (4.0) | 3.8 |
Location | ||||
Rural | 35 (6.2) | |||
Suburban | 185 (32.7) | |||
Urban | 331 (58.6) | |||
Unknown | 14 (2.5) | |||
GME program | ||||
Family medicine | 148 (26.2) | |||
Pediatrics | 137 (24.3) | |||
OB/GYN | 78 (13.8) | |||
Anesthesia | 59 (10.4) | |||
Emergency medicine | 59 (10.4) | |||
Psychiatry | 40 (7.1) | |||
General surgery | 34 (6.0) | |||
Clinical psychology | 10 (1.8) |
Abbreviations: ERAS, Electronic Residency Application System; UiM, underrepresented in medicine; GME, graduate medical education; OB/GYN, obstetrics and gynecology.
Includes only applicants to the same residency specialties as included in our study (excluding clinical psychology) in the 2019–2020 interview cycle.
Included for comparison to ERAS data. Participants who reported multiple races in the ERAS data are counted separately in each race category, rather than in a mixed-race category.
Weighted by residency specialty representativeness in our sample.
Underrepresented in medicine excludes Asian and White.
Latinx includes ERAS categories of Latino, Hispanic, or Spanish origin.
Black includes ERAS category of Black or African American.