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Table 4 Characteristics of physicians and nurses. Mexico, ENOE Trim III-2017

From: Gender inequality in the health workforce in the midst of achieving universal health coverage in Mexico

 

Physicians

Nurses

Total

Women

Men

Total

Women

Men

N

292 035

141 728

150 307

591 801

519 408

723 93

n

1 070

444

626

2 118

1 824

294

%

100.0

48.5

51.5

100.0

87.8

12.2

Employment pattern

 Employment

72.7 [68.4, 76.6]

68.2 [60.6, 74.9]

77.0 [72.2, 81.2]*

51.8 [48.5, 55.0]

50.7 [47.3, 54.1]

59.8 [54.6, 64.8]*

 Quantitative underemployment

4.6 [3.2, 6.6]

4.1 [2.6, 6.6]

5.1 [3.1, 8.3]

3.6 [2.5, 5.2]

3.7 [2.5, 5.5]

2.9 [1.5, 5.4]

 Qualitative underemployment

11.5 [9.2, 14.2]

12.7 [9.3, 17.0]

10.3 [7.7, 13.6]

19.4 [16.7, 22.3]

18.5 [15.6, 21.7]

25.7 [20.7, 31.4]

 Underemployment

1.4 [0.7, 2.8]

0.5 [0.2, 1.1]

2.3 [1.1, 4.8]

3.2 [2.0, 5.1]

2.3 [1.5, 3.5]

9.7 [8.2, 11.3]

 Household activities

9.8 [7.5, 12.5]

14.5 [11.0, 18.9]

5.3 [3.3, 8.2]

22.0 [19.4, 24.9]

24.8 [21.9, 28.1]

2.0 [0.9, 4.3]

Age group

 20–29

16.8 [13.2, 21.2]

20.5 [14.2, 28.6]

13.4 [9.8, 18.1]*

27.7 [24.8, 30.9]

25.0 [22.2, 28.1]

47.2 [42.8, 51.6]*

 30–39

24.7 [19.6, 30.7]

27.2 [19.1, 37.1]

22.4 [17.3, 28.3]

24.3 [21.4, 27.5]

24.1 [21.0, 27.6]

25.5 [19.4, 32.7]

 40–49

21.8 [14.1, 32.2]

26.6 [13.0, 46.8]

17.4 [12.8, 23.2]

22.8 [19.9, 25.9]

23.2 [20.1, 26.5]

20.0 [12.9, 29.6]

 50–59

21.4 [18.0, 25.2]

20.5 [15.6, 26.4]

22.3 [18.3, 26.9]

16.8 [14.4, 19.5]

18.2 [15.5, 21.2]

6.9 [5.4, 8.7]

 60–69

12.7 [10.2, 15.7]

4.6 [2.9, 7.1]

20.3 [16.7, 24.5]

5.7 [4.0, 8.2]

6.5 [4.5, 9.3]

0.4 [0.3, 0.7]

 70+

2.5 [1.6, 4.0]

0.7 [0.3, 1.8]

4.2 [2.5, 6.9]

2.6 [1.6, 4.3]

3.0 [1.8, 4.9]

 

Schooling

 Technician

   

48.3 [45.1, 51.6]

49.0 [45.5, 52.5]

43.9 [38.9, 48.9]

 Graduate

74.3 [65.0, 81.9]

74.0 [54.8, 86.9]

74.7 [69.1, 79.6]

50.8 [47.5, 54]

50.2 [46.7, 53.6]

55.0 [49.9, 60]

 Specialty/postgraduate

25.7 [18.1, 35.0]

26.0 [13.1, 45.2]

25.3 [20.4, 30.9]

0.9 [0.5, 1.7]

0.9 [0.4, 1.7]

1.2 [0.4, 3.5]

Marital status

 No partner

36.3 [30.9, 42]

44.7 [34.4, 55.5]

28.3 [23.8, 33.3]*

43.0 [39.5, 46.6]

42.9 [39.1, 46.7]

44.1 [39.3, 48.9]

 With partner

63.7 [58, 69.1]

55.3 [44.5, 65.6]

71.7 [66.7, 76.2]

57.0 [53.4, 60.5]

57.1 [53.3, 60.9]

55.9 [51.1, 60.7]

Location

 Rural

2.7 [2.4, 3.0]

2.0 [1.7, 2.5]

3.3 [3.1, 3.4]

6.5 [5.9, 7.1]

6.8 [6.2, 7.5]

3.8 [3.3, 4.3]

 Urban

97.3 [97, 97.6]

98.0 [97.5, 98.3]

96.7 [96.6, 96.9]

93.5 [92.9, 94.1]

93.2 [92.5, 93.8]

96.2 [95.7, 96.7]

  1. *P value < 0.05