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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents by MD, MD-RI, or MD/PhD

From: Exploring intentions of physician-scientist trainees: factors influencing MD and MD/PhD interest in research careers

Demographic

Total, n (%)

MD/PhD, n (%)

MD-RI,

n (%)

MD, n (%)

P value

Gender

    

>.05

 Female

548 (51.7%)

107 (47.6%)

99 (53.8%)

342 (52.6%)

 

 Male

511 (48.3%)

118 (52.4%)

85 (46.2%)

308 (47.4%)

 

TOTAL

1059 (100%)

225 (100%)

184 (100%)

650 (100%)

 

Training stage

    

<.001

 Medical School Year 1

285 (27.5%)

24 (11.2%)

55 (31.1%)

206 (32.0%)

 

 Medical School Year 2

209 (20.2%)

26 (12.1%)

40 (22.6%)

143 (22.2%)

 

 Medical School Year 3

196 (18.9%)

22 (10.2%)

38 (21.5%)

136 (21.1%)

 

 Medical School Year 4

209 (20.2%)

21 (9.8%)

43 (24.3%)

145 (22.5%)

 

 Graduate School Year 1

36 (3.5%)

25 (11.6%)

1 (0.6%)

10 (1.6%)

 

 Graduate School Year 2

37 (3.6%)

35 (16.3%)

0 (−-)

2 (0.3%)

 

 Graduate School Year 3

28 (2.7%)

27 (12.6%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.2%)

 

 Graduate School Year 4

22 (2.1%)

21 (9.8%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.2%)

 

 Graduate School Year 5 or more

14 (1.4%)

14 (6.5%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

 

TOTAL

1036 (100%)

215 (100%)

177 (100%)

644 (100%)

 

Race

   

>.05

 White

633 (60.5%)

138 (61.1%)

101 (55.5%)

394 (61.8%)

 

 Black or African American

71 (6.8%)

15 (6.6%)

15 (8.2%)

41 (6.4%)

 

 American Indian or Alaska Native

4 (0.4%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

4 (0.6%)

 

 Asian or Pacific Islander

228 (21.8%)

52 (23.0%)

42 (23.1%)

134 (21.0%)

 

 Multi-racial or Other

78 (7.5%)

15 (6.6%)

17(9.3%)

46 (7.2%)

 

 Prefer not to answer

32 (3.1%)

6 (2.7%)

7 (3.8%)

19 (3.0%)

 

TOTAL

1046 (100%)

226 (100%)

182 (100%)

638 (100%)

 

Ethnicity

   

<.01

 Hispanic

97 (9.2%)

8 (3.5%)

24 (13.0%)

65 (10.1%)

 

 Not Hispanic

958 (90.8%)

218 (96.5%)

160 (87.0%)

580 (89.9%)

 

TOTAL

1055 (100%)

226 (100%)

184 (100%)

645 (100%)

 

Marital Status

   

<.001

 Is married/partnered

226 (22.0%)

73 (32.6%)

33 (17.9%)

120 (19.4%)

 

 Is NOT married/partnered

799 (78.0%)

151 (67.4%)

151 (82.1%)

497 (80.6%)

 

TOTAL

1025 (100%)

224 (100%)

184 (100%)

617 (100%)

 

Parental Status

    

>.05

 Has a child/children (of 1025)

37 (3.6%)

14 (6.3%)

5 (2.7%)

18 (2.9%)

 

 Does NOT have a child/children

988 (96.4%)

210 (93.8%)

179 (97.3%)

599 (97.1%)

 

TOTAL

1025 (100%)

224 (100%)

184 (100%)

617 (100%)

 
 

Total, n (% of 1103)

MD/PhD, n (% of 226)

MD-RI,

n (% of 184)

MD, n (% of 693)

P value

Advanced degree of mothera

 MD or DO

172 (15.6%)

46 (20.4%)

37 (20.1%)

89 (12.8%)

<.01

 DDS

4 (0.4%)

1 (0.4%)

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.3%)

>.05b

 PhD

32 (2.9%)

7 (3.1%)

5 (2.7%)

20 (2.9%)

>.05

 JD

7 (0.6%)

0 (−-)

2 (1.1%)

5 (0.7%)

>.05b

 DVM

203 (18.4%)

49 (21.7%)

42 (22.8%)

112 (16.2%)

<.05

 Master’s

88 (8.0%)

11 (4.9%)

12 (6.5%)

65 (9.4%)

>.05

Area of medicine mother works ina

    

 Academia

35 (3.2%)

6 (2.7%)

10 (5.4%)

19 (2.7%)

>.05

 Private practice

58 (5.3%)

16 (7.1%)

12 (6.5%)

30 (4.3%)

>.05

 Consulting

4 (0.4%)

1 (0.4%)

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.3%)

>.05b

 Industry

3 (0.3%)

1 (0.4%)

0 (−-)

2 (0.3%)

>.05b

Advanced degree of fathera

 MD or DO

341 (30.9%)

84 (37.2%)

68 (37.0%)

189 (27.3%)

<.01

 DDS

14 (1.3%)

3 (1.3%)

1 (0.5%)

10 (1.4%)

>.05

 PhD

89 (8.1%)

15 (6.6%)

10 (5.4%)

64 (9.2%)

>.05

 JD

12 (1.1%)

1 (0.4%)

2 (1.1%)

9 (1.3%)

>.05

 DVM

188 (17.0%)

53 (23.5%)

33 (17.9%)

102 (14.7%)

<.05

 Master’s

59 (5.3%)

6 (2.7%)

13 (7.1%)

40 (5.8%)

>.05

Area of medicine father works ina

 Academia

86 (7.8%)

21 (9.3%)

23 (12.5%)

42 (6.1%)

<.05

 Private practice

129 (11.7%)

21 (9.3%)

23 (12.5%)

85 (12.3%)

>.05

 Consulting

11 (1.0%)

1 (0.4%)

1 (0.5%)

9 (1.3%)

>.05b

 Industry

12 (1.1%)

2 (0.9%)

2 (1.1%)

8 (1.2%)

>.05b

How primarily paid for medical schoola

 MD-PhD or DO-PhD sponsored

226 (20.5%)

226 (100%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

<.001

 Scholarships

327 (29.6%)

7 (3.1%)

81 (44.0%)

239 (34.5%)

<.001

 Grants

185 (16.8%)

16 (7.1%)

42 (22.8%)

127 (18.3%)

<.001

 Loans

636 (57.7%)

17 (7.5%)

133 (72.3%)

486 (70.1%)

<.001

 National Service

15 (1.4%)

0 (−-)

3 (1.6%)

12 (1.7%)

>.05b

 Personal Savings

124 (11.2%)

5 (2.2%)

24 (13.0%)

95 (13.7%)

<.001

 Family/partner Support

302 (27.4%)

5 (2.2%)

75 (40.8%)

222 (32.0%)

<.001

 Work

54 (4.9%)

1 (0.4%)

15 (8.2%)

38 (5.5%)

<.01

 Work Study

7 (0.6%)

1 (0.4%)

2 (1.1%)

4 (0.6%)

>.05b

  1. aRespondents could select all applicable choices, will not sum to 100%
  2. bFisher’s Exact calculated due to minimum cell count violations
  3. bolded are statistically significant