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Table 2 Characteristics of GP respondents, MABEL survey, waves 1–7

From: Family effects on the rurality of GP’s work location: a longitudinal panel study

Characteristic

N (%)a

MMM-1

11 878 (64.8)

MMM-2

1 888 (10.3)

MMM-3

1 531 (8.4)

MMM-4

963 (5.3)

MMM-5

1 222 (6.7)

MMM-6 + 7

851 (4.6)

Male

9 513 (51.9)

Female

8 810 (48.1)

Australian medical graduate

13 819 (75.6)

International medical graduate

4 466 (24.4)

Metropolitan origin (childhood)

11 576 (72.7)

Rural origin (childhood)

4 357 (27.4)

Spouse/partner in the workforce

11 944 (67.1)

No spouse/partner/not in the workforce

5 864 (32.9)

No children of any age

6 706 (37.0)

Oldest child of preschool age

1 048 (5.8)

Oldest child of primary-school age

2 597 (14.3)

At least 1 child of secondary-school age

5 496 (30.3)

All children above school age

2 275 (12.6)

  1. Only includes MABEL participants who responded at least twice and in consecutive waves
  2. aMissing values: MMM, Gender and IMG status each had 0–2% missing; Rural origin had 13% missing; Partner employment and Age of children had 4–6% missing