Gender awareness among physicians – the effect of specialty and gender. A study of teachers at a Swedish medical school

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Table 2 Gender, age and speciality of respondents and non-respondents (N). Aacademic degree and years in profession of respondents (N), response rate (%) and women among respondents (N and %). (S = surgical doctors, NS = non-surgical doctors, FP = family physicians.)

	All	Respondents	Non-Respondents	Response Rate				Women among respondents^‡
	N	N	N	%	S	FP	NS	N	%
Speciality ^†
Surgical drs	163	94	69	58				17	19
Family physicians	82	57	25	70				24	45
Non-surgical drs	223	152	71	68				38	30
Gender ^†
Men	333	211	122	63	56	69	68
Women	135	92	43	68	63	71	69	92	30
Age* ^†
≤45	178	102	76	57	50	71	58	45	42
>45	276	196	80	71	66	68	75	46	24
Academic degree ^‡
PhD		135						24	18
MD		157						65	41
Years in profession ^‡
≤15		101						43	43
>15		190						45	24
Total	468	303	165	65				92	30

† Data from original name list; ‡ Data from answers to the questionnaire; *Age is missing for 14 persons.