Table 2 Physician sample’s characteristics by city and gender
|  | Overall (331) | Praia (n = 110) | Maputo (n = 125) | Bissau (n = 96) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physician characteristics | M (n= 178) | F (n = 153) | P | M (n= 48) | F (n = 62) | P | M (n = 61) | F (n = 64) | P | M (n = 69) | F (n= 27) | P |
Age (median years) | 47 | 37 | 0.001 | 46 | 36 | 0.001 | 45 | 37 | <0.001 | 49 | 48 | 0.11 |
Dependents (median) | 4 | 2 | <0.001 | 2 | 1 | 0.032 | 3 | 2 | 0.049 | 8 | 4 | <0.001 |
Married (% yes) | 81.4% | 64.1% | 0.368 | 68.8% | 59.7% | 0.327 | 80.3% | 73.4% | 0.212 | 91.2% | 51.9% | <0.001 |
Having a physician in the family | 35.0% | 60.3% | <0.001 | 51.1% | 58.7% | 0.158 | 29.5% | 50.8% | 0.016 | 29.0% | 73.1% | <0.001 |
Working as a physician also outside the capital | 18.6% | 15.0% | 0.657 | 27.7% | 12.9% | 0.053 | 19.7% | 18.8% | 0.896 | 11.6% | 11.1% | 1.000(a) |
Holding a specialization | 76.3% | 52.3% | 0.004 | 74.5% | 58.1% | 0.075 | 70.5% | 42.2% | 0.001 | 82.6% | 63.0% | 0.039 |
Public sector only | 41.8% | 42.8% | 0.254 | 31.% | 38.7% | 0.259 | 36.1% | 48.4% | 0.373 | 53.6% | 38.5% | 0.008 |
Private sector only | 10.2% | 12.5% | 0.657 | 17.0% | 9.7% | 0.373 | 4.9% | 7.8% | 0.260 | 10.1% | 30.8% | 0.165 |
Dual practice | 48.0% | 44.7% | 0.456 | 51.1% | 51.6% | 0.345 | 50.0% | 43.8% | 0.567 | 36.2% | 30.8% | 0.458 |
Weekly working hours (public and private) | 53.88 | 50.23 | 0.025 | 52.98 | 51.11 | 0.530 | 51.40 | 49.54 | 0.522 | 56.77 | 49.81 | 0.008 |
Public sector pay (2012 USD) | – | – | – | 1472.48 | 1362.87 | 0.144 | 1056.15 | 887.36 | 0.030 | 386.96 | 360.12 | 0.577 |