From: Preferences of physicians for public and private sector work
Mean | sd | N | min | max | |
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Proportion female | 0.28 | 0.45 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Age | 50.22 | 9.98 | 3408 | 31 | 89 |
Proportion with Australian medical degree | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Proportion with dependent children | 0.69 | 0.46 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Proportion living with spouse | 0.89 | 0.31 | 3134 | 0 | 1 |
Mean job satisfaction (5 = very satisfied) | 3.21 | 0.82 | 3341 | 1 | 5 |
Job characteristicsa: | |||||
Annual earnings ($ before tax)b | 325811 | 248106 | 2873 | 1000 | 3.33 m |
Weekly working hoursb | 45.33 | 14.48 | 3422 | 0.8 | 120 |
1 in 2, frequently called out | 0.19 | 0.39 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
1 in 10, frequently called out | 0.09 | 0.29 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
1 in 4, frequently called out | 0.25 | 0.43 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
1 in 4, infrequently called out | 0.47 | 0.5 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Proportion of time spent in private sector | 0.44 | 0.39 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
10% of time spent in private sector (< 30%)c | 0.45 | 0.5 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
50% of time spent in private sector (30–69%)c | 0.20 | 0.4 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
90% of time spent in private sector (> 70%)c | 0.35 | 0.48 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
No teaching or research | 0.22 | 0.41 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Some teaching or research | 0.78 | 0.41 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Proportion of time spent on administration | 0.10 | 0.13 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
5% of time spent on administration (< 7.5%)d | 0.57 | 0.5 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
10% time spent on administration (7.5–12.4%)d | 0.17 | 0.37 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
15% of time spent on administration (> 12.5%)d | 0.26 | 0.44 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Metro-based | 0.70 | 0.46 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Metro-based with option to visit regional communities | 0.14 | 0.35 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |
Large regional centree | 0.16 | 0.37 | 3422 | 0 | 1 |