Table 2 Differences in attitudes towards working part-time between full-time and part-time workingspecialists in internal medicine and gender in 1996 and in 2004

M (sd)

M (sd)

Mean difference

All

1.9 (.45)

2.0 (.39)

+.13**

Full-timers

1.9 (.44)

1.9 (.37)

+.07

Part-timers

2.2 (.42)***

2.3 (.35)***

+.05

Part-timers

Male

1.8 (.33)

2.2 (.38)

+.40**

Female

2.4 (.27)***

2.3 (.29)

-.11

Full-timers

Male

1.8 (.42)

1.9 (.37)

+.11

Female

2.3 (.41)***

2.0 (.37)

-.25