Demographic profile of physician participants in short-term medical missions

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of mission participants and survey respondents

Demographic	Variable Category	Survey Respondents (N = 601) Percent (%)	Mission Participants (N = 192) Percent (%)
Age	25–39 years	4	3
	40–55 years	31	25
	56–73 years	65	72
Gender	Male	58	64
Gender	Female	42	36
Race	White	82	79
	Asian	11	12
	Black/African American	3	6
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Other	4	5
Hispanic Ethnicity	Hispanic	5	5
Naturalization	Born in USA	78	76
Naturalization	Born outside USA	22	24
Medical Training	Med School - USA	81	80
	Med School - abroad	19	20
	Post-grad - USA	97	97
	Post grad - abroad	3	3
Marital status	Unmarried	20	25
Marital status	Married	80	75
Religion	Christianity	49	53
	None	21	20
	Judaism	19	16
	Buddhism/Hinduism/Islam/Other	11	11
Region of US	Northeast	33	28
	Southern	18	21
	Midwest	22	24
	West	26	24
Children	Children, biologic and/or adopted	88	90
	Mean number of children	2	2
	SD	2	2
	Range	0–13	0–6
Years in practice	Mean	24	17^a	11^b
	SD	11	12^a	10^b
	Range	0–50	0-43^a	0-36^b

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