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Table 2 Comparisons of respondent characteristics with population1

From: The "Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)" longitudinal survey - Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of Australian doctors' workforce participation

 

National

N = 54,750

MABEL respondents

N = 10,498

 

number

%

number

%

Doctor type 2

    

Hospital non-specialists

8,820

16.11

1,451

13.82*

Specialists in training

4,214

7.70

864

8.23*

Specialists

19,579

35.76

4,310

41.06*

GPs

22,137

40.43

3,873

36.89*

Remoteness (ASGC) 3

    

Major city

44,623

81.50

8,106

77.21*

Inner regional

7,281

13.30

1,589

15.13*

Outer regional

2,402

4.39

545

5.19*

Remote

349

0.64

207

1.97*

Very remote

95

0.17

51

0.49*

Gender

    

Male

36,415

66.51

6,392

60.89*

Female

18,308

33.44

4,100

39.06*

Missing

27

0.05

6

0.06

  1. Notes:
  2. 1. * p < 0.001. Statistical significance based on a logistic regression model including age, doctor type, gender, and remoteness as independent variables.
  3. 2. Doctor type defined by AMPCo, rather than reported in actual survey completed.
  4. 3. ASCG = Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Areas[30].
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