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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents by race/ethnicity

From: Factors associated with underrepresented minority physician scientist trainee career choices

Demographic

Total

n (%)

Asian or Pacific Islander

n (%)

Black or African American

n (%)

Multiracial or Other

n (%)

White, n (%)

P-value

Hispanic

n (%)

P-value (Hispanic)

Training pathway

    

<.0001

 

0.008

 MD-RI

639 (15.84%)

89 (20.84%)

35 (20.1%)

141 (24.4%)

374 (13.1%)

 

56 (23.1%)

 

 MD-PHD

828 (20.5%)

101 (23.7%)

30 (18.0%)

105 (18.2%)

592 (20.7%)

 

45 (18.6%)

 

 MD

2566 (63.63%)

237 (55.5%)

102 (61.1%)

331 (57.4%)

1869 (66.3%)

 

141 (58.3%)

 

Total

4033 (100%)

427 (100%)

167 (100%)

577 (100%)

2862 (100%)

 

242 (100%)

 

Gender

0.0034

 

0.2158

    

 Female

2269 (56.5%)

259 (61.8%)

114 (68.7%)

309 (53.8%)

1587 (55.6%)

 

133 (55.4%)

 

 Male

1736 (43.2%)

159 (38.0%)

52 (31.3%)

262 (45.6%)

1263 (44.2%)

 

105 (43.8)

 

 Other

10 (0.25%)

1 (0.24%)

0 (−-)

3 (0.52%)

6 (0.21%)

 

2 (0.83%)

 

TOTAL

4015 (100%)

419 (100%)

166 (100%)

574 (100%)

2856 (71.1%)

 

240 (100%)

 

Training stage

    

0.0108

 

0.1864

 Medical School Year 1

1131 (28.2%)

128 (30.2%)

46 (27.7%)

179 (31.1%)

778 (27.3%)

 

84 (35.0%)

 

 Medical School Year 2

1015 (25.3%)

115 (27.1%)

35 (21.1%)

156 (27.1%)

709 (24.9%)

 

65 (27.1%)

 

 Medical School Year 3

655 (16.6%)

65 (15.3%)

29 (17.5%)

76 (13.2%)

485 (17.5%)

 

33 (13.8%)

 

 Medical School Year 4

666 (16.6%)

53 (12.5%0

32 (19.3%)

93 (14.4%)

498 (17.5%)

 

34 (14.2%)

 

 Graduate School Year 1

127 (3.16%)

8 (1.89%)

7 (4.22%)

18 (3.13%)

94 (3.30%)

 

8 (3.3%)

 

 Graduate School Year 2

102 (2.54%)

12 (2.83%)

3 (1.81%)

16 (2.78%)

71 (2.49%)

 

3 (1.3%)

 

 Graduate School Year 3

84 (2.09%)

13 (3.07%)

3 (1.81%)

7 (1.22%0

61 (2.14%)

 

1 (0.4%)

 

 Graduate School Year 4

85 (2.12%)

10 (2.36%)

2 (1.20%)

12 (2.08%)

18 (0.63%)

 

3 (1.3%)

 

 Graduate School Year 5 or more

34 (0.84%)

4 (0.94%)

1 (0.60%)

2 (0.35%)

27 (0.95%)

 

0 (0.0%)

 

TOTAL

4018 (100%)

424 (100%)

166 (100%)

576 (100%)

2852 (100%)

 

240 (100%)

 

Marital Status

    

<.0001

 

0.0595

 Is married/partnered

1033 (26.2%)

855 (30.6%)

62 (14.8%)

21 (13.0%)

95 (16.8%)

 

50 (20.8%)

 

 Is NOT married/partnered

2911 (73.8%)

357 (85.2%)

140 (87.0%)

472 (83.3%)

1942 (69.4%)

 

190 (79.2%)

 

TOTAL

3944 (100%)

419 (100%)

161 (100%)

567 (100%)

2797(100%)

 

240 (100%)

 

Parental Status

<.0001

 

0.6096

    

 Has a child/children

225 (5.71%)

4 (0.95%)

11 (6.79%)

23 (4.06%)

187 (6.69%)

 

12 (5.0%)

 

 Does NOT have a child/children

3718 (94.3%)

415 (99.1%)

151 (93.2%)

543 (95.9%)

2609 (93.3%)

 

229 (95.0%)

 

TOTAL

3943 (100%)

419 (100%)

162 (100%)

566 (100%)

2796 (100%)

 

241 (100%)

 

Advanced degree of mother1

 MD or DO

330 (8.18%)

48 (11.2%)

7 (4.19%)

77 (13.3%)

198 (6.92%)

<.0001

13 (5.37%)

0.1120

 DDS

17 (0.42%)

2 (0.47%)

1 (0.60%)

3 (0.52%)

11 (0.38%)

0.9454

0 (0.00%)

0.3016

 PhD

208 (5.16%)

35 (8.2%)

11 (6.59%)

34 (5.89%)

128 (4.47%)

0.0069

7 (2.89%)

0.0981

 DVM

9 (0.22%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

9 (0.31%)

0.2969

0 (−-)

0.5791a

 Master’s

998 (24.8%)

120 (28.1%)

42 (25.2%)

143 (24.8%)

693 (24.2%)

0.3864

47 (19.4%)

0.0558

Area of medicine mother works in1

 Academia

13 (3.04%)

2 (1.20%)

18 (3.12%)

70 (2.45%)

103 (2.55%)

0.4711

2 (0.83%)

0.0851

 Private practice

158 (3.92%)

16 (3.75%)

3 (1.80%)

40 (6.93%)

99 (3.46%)

0.0005

4 (1.65%)

0.0657

 Consulting

6 (0.15%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

6 (0.15%)

0.4828

1 (0.41%)

0.2610a

 Industry

12 (0.30%)

4 (0.94%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.17%)

7 (0.24%)

0.0735

1 (0.41%)

0.3630a

Advanced degree of father1

 MD or DO

669 (16.6%)

75 (17.6%)

19 (11.4%)

111 (19.2%)

464 (16.2%)

0.0789

33 (13.6%)

0.2296

 DDS

51 (1.26%)

5 (1.17%)

2 (1.20%)

10 (1.73%)

34 (1.19%)

0.7566

4 (1.65%)

0.1743a

 PhD

512 (12.7%)

110 (25.8%)

18 (10.8%)

106 (18.4%)

278 (9.71%)

<.0001

10 (4.13%)

<.0001

 JD

205 (5.08%)

2 (0.47%)

2 (1.20%)

15 (2.60%)

186 (6.50%)

<.0001

9 (3.72%)

0.3275

 DVM

20 (0.50%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

1 (0.17%)

19 (0.66%)

0.1210

0 (−-)

0.2965a

 Master’s

952 (23.6%)

118 (27.6%)

39 (23.4%)

159 (27.6%)

636 (22.2%)

0.0078

41 (16.9%)

0.0139

Area of medicine father works in1

 Academia

194 (4.81%0

22 (5.15%)

2 (1.20%)

37 (6.41%)

133 (4.65%)

0.0407

10 (4.13%)

0.6337

 Private practice

414 (10.3%)

40 (9.37%)

15 (8.98%)

71 (12.3%)

288 (10.1%)

0.3332

21 (8.68%)

0.4236

 Consulting

31 (0.77%)

2 (0.47%)

0 (−-)

3 (0.52%)

26 (0.91%)

0.3917

2 (0.83%)

0.2796a

 Industry

33 (0.82%)

6 (1.41%)

0 (−-)

2 (0.35%0

25 (0.87%)

0.1809

1 (0.41%)

0.2790a

How primarily paid for medical school1 n (% of 4072)

    

<.0001

 

<.0001

 MD-PhD or DO-PhD sponsored

726 (18.28%)

91 (21.7%)

25 (15.4%)

97 (17.0%)

513 (18.2%)

 

38 (15.77%)

 

 Scholarships

378 (9.52%)

43 (10.3%)

48 (29.6%)

68 (11.9%)

219 (7.77%)

 

34 (14.11%)

 

 Grants

71 (1.79%)

13 (3.10%)

6 (3.70%)

15 (2.63%)

37 (1.31%)

 

15 (6.22%)

 

 Loans

2076 (52.3%)

163 (38.9%)

77 (47.5%)

243 (42.6%)

1593 (56.5%)

 

135 (56.02%)

 

 National Service

48 (1.21%)

1 (0.24%)

1 (0.62%)

9 (1.58%)

37 (1.31%)

 

3 (1.24%)

 

 Personal Savings

45 (1.13%)

6 (1.43%)

0 (−-)

5 (0.88%)

34 (1.21%)

 

2 (0.83%)

 

 Family/partner Support

619 (15.6%)

102 (24.3%)

4 (2.47%)

133 (23.3%)

380 (13.5%)

 

14 (5.81%)

 

 Work

5 (0.15%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

6 (0.15%)

 

0 (−-)

 

 Other

2 (0.05%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.62%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.04%)

 

0 (−-)

 
  1. a Fisher’s Exact calculated due to minimum cell count violations
  2. 1 Respondents could select all applicable choices, will not sum to 100%
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