Factors associated with less-than-full-time working in medical practice: results of surveys of five cohorts of UK doctors, 10 years after graduation

Table 1 Numbers of doctors with known career destinations and working patterns 10 years post-graduation

	Cohort (year of graduation)
	1993^a	1996	1999	2000	2002^b	Total
Doctors in the graduating cohort	3671	3868	4213	4428	4436	20,616
Doctors with known career destination	2690	1978	2226	2244	2048	11,186
Doctors with known working patterns	2607	1886	2192	2191	1990	10,866
% of graduating cohort	71.0	48.8	52.0	49.5	44.9	52.7

For those whose employment record at 10 years post-graduation was unknown, we used information on employment at either 9 years post-graduation (N = 197 doctors) or at 11 years post-graduation (N = 94 doctors)
^aThe 1993 cohort has been surveyed many more times than subsequent cohorts enabling us to hold more extensive information about their careers
^bThe 2002 cohort has been affected by changes to GMC rules about their permissions for us to contact doctors

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