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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the 495 Survey Respondents

From: Perceptions of the 2011 ACGME duty hour requirements among residents in all core programs at a large academic medical center

Survey Question

Respondents, No. (%)

Age, y (n = 441)

 20–24

2 (<1)

 25–29

202 (46)

 30–34

179 (41)

 35–39

34 (8)

 40–44

9 (2)

 45–50

8 (2)

  > 50

7 (2)

Sex (n = 440)

 Female

176 (40)

 Male

264 (60)

Marital status (n = 441)

 Married/domestic partner

291 (66)

 Living with significant other

34 (8)

 Divorced

8 (2)

 Single, never married

108 (24)

Children (n = 440)

 Yes

161 (37)

 No

279 (63)

Medical school (n = 437)

 US medical graduate

377 (86)

 Foreign medical graduate

60 (14)

Anticipated practice type (n = 440)

 Academic

219 (50)

 Private

74 (17)

 Unsure

147 (33)

PGY (n = 438)

 1

76 (17)

 2

81 (18)

 3

97 (22)

 4

62 (14)

 5

56 (13)

 ≥6

66 (15)

Specialty, No. of respondents (% of respondents; % of specialty responding) (n = 439)

 Anesthesiology

48 (11; 81)

 Dermatology

9 (2; 36)

 Emergency medicine

20 (5; 80)

 Family medicine

17 (4; 68)

 Genetics

1 (<1; 50)

 Internal medicine and subspecialties

105 (24; 61)

 Neurologic surgery

9 (2; 41)

 Neurology

18 (4; 67)

 Obstetrics and gynecology

14 (3; 82)

 Ophthalmology

4 (1; 33)

 Orthopedic surgery

31 (7; 53)

 Otorhinolaryngology

2 (<1; 10)

 Pathology and laboratory medicine

14 (3; 56)

 Pediatric and adolescent medicine

25 (6; 60)

 Physical medicine and rehabilitation

15 (3; 65)

 Psychiatry

19 (4; 54)

 Radiation oncology

6 (1; 50)

 Radiology

24 (5; 46)

 Surgery and subspecialties

34 (8; 34)

 Urology

9 (2; 45)

 Other

15 (3)

  1. Abbreviation: PGY postgraduate year