Table 2 Participant characteristics of female Japanese doctors recruited for semi-structured narrative interviews
From: Professional identity formation of female doctors in Japan – gap between the married and unmarried
Doctor | Post-graduate Years | Marital status | Children | Specialty | Employment at time of interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 8 | Unmarried | No | Internal medicine | University hospital |
B | 4 | Unmarried | No | Surgery | University hospital |
C | 6 | Unmarrieda | No | Anesthesiology | University hospital |
D | 8 | Unmarried | No | Psychiatry | Graduate student |
E | 8 | Unmarried | No | Internal medicine | Graduate student |
F | 6 | Unmarrieda | No | Internal medicine | Clinic |
G | 6 | Unmarried | No | Gynecology | University hospital |
H | 6 | Unmarried | No | Ophthalmology | Hospital |
I | 13 | Unmarried | No | Ophthalmology | Hospital |
J | 13 | Unmarried | No | Dermatology | Hospital |
K | 7 | Married | No | Internal medicine | Clinic |
L | 8 | Married | Yes | Internal medicine | Child care leave |
M | 11 | Married | No | Internal medicine | Hospital |
N | 8 | Married | No | University teaching staff | University |
O | 8 | Married | No | Psychiatry | Graduate student |
P | 17 | Married | Yes | Gynecology | Clinic |
Q | 11 | Married | Yes | Internal medicine | Hospital |
R | 9 | Married | Yes | Pediatric medicine | Graduate Student |
S | 8 | Married | No | Internal medicine | Graduate student |
T | 10 | Married | Pregnant | Surgery | University hospital |
U | 12 | Married | Yes | Anesthesiology | Child care leave |
V | 10 | Married | Yes | Dermatology | University hospital |
W | 12 | Married | No | Radiology | Hospital |
X | 3 | Married | Yes | Junior Resident | University hospital |
Y | 16 | Married | Yes | Ophthalmology | Clinic |