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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.)

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

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