Physician career satisfaction within specialties

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics on Control Variables, Income through Controllable Lifestyle

Variable/Description	Frequency	Percent	Mean satisfaction score	p-values for uni-variable regression model F-test
<$50k income	481	7.3	0.23	0.2397 for 7 income categories
$50-$99 k income	801	12.2	0.27
$100-$149 k income	1656	25.1	0.24
$150-$199 k income	1387	21.0	0.28
$200-$249 k income	888	13.5	0.32
$250-$299 k income	523	7.9	0.28
>$300 k income	854	13.0	0.34
work hours ≤40	1763	26.8	0.36	<0.0001 for 4 hours categories
41 ≤work hours ≤50	1850	28.1	0.37
51 ≤work hours ≤60	1692	25.7	0.24
work hours ≥61	1285	19.5	0.14
full owner (sole proprietor)	1966	29.8	0.21	0.0052 for 3 owner categories
part owner (partner)	1442	21.9	0.34
Not an owner	3182	48.3	0.30
Currently employed by medical school	628	9.5	0.36	0.0720
Percent revenue managed care 0-20%	1917	29.1	0.30	0.2549 for 4 managed care categories
Percent revenue managed care 21-40%	1669	25.3	0.30
Percent revenue managed care 41-60%	1281	19.4	0.30
Percent revenue managed care >60%	1723	26.1	0.23
Controllable lifestyle
Controllable	1231	18.7	0.33	0.0065
Uncontrollable	4084	62.0	0.24
Neither controllable nor uncontrollable	1275	19.3	0.33

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