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Table 2 Basic characteristics of the study participants

From: The current status of gender equity in medicine in Korea: an online survey about perceived gender discrimination

Classification, total 1 170

Women

Men

P value*

N

%

N

%

Gender

 

747

63.8

423

36.2

 

Age

20–30

295

39.5

124

29.4

0.003

30–40

330

44.2

223

52.8

 

40–50

63

8.4

46

10.9

 

50–60

43

5.8

25

5.9

 

60 ≤

16

2.1

4

1.0

 

Position

Resident

534

71.5

313

74.0

0.03

Fellow

9

1.2

11

2.6

 

Professor

119

15.9

56

13.2

 

Paid doctor in hospital

55

7.4

24

5.7

 

Employed in clinic

20

2.7

14

3.3

 

Others

10

1.3

5

1.2

 

Department

Internal medicine

355

47.5

167

39.5

< 0.05

Surgery

106

14.2

99

23.4

 

Others

286

38.3

157

37.1

 

Medical institution

Tertiary hospital

522

69.9

281

66.4

0.75

Secondary hospital

154

20.6

99

23.4

 

Hospital

23

3.1

15

3.6

 

Clinic

32

4.3

17

4.0

 

Others

16

2.1

11

2.6

 

Marriage

Yes

405

54.2

190

44.9

0.01

No

340

45.5

232

54.9

 

Others

2

0.3

1

0.2

 

Number of children

0

460

67.6

233

58.3

0.02

1

99

14.5

79

19.8

 

2

109

16.0

78

19.5

 

> 3

13

1.9

10

2.5

 
  1. *Chi-square test