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Table 1 Personal and professional characteristics of the doctors, by gender

From: Gender differences in job quality and job satisfaction among doctors in rural western China

  

Female

Male

Age**

Mean (SD)

35.06 (8.16)

36.48 (9.03)

Marital status (%)

Married

79.35

77.71

Single

20.65

22.29

Education level (%)

Master

1.18

1.85

Bachelor

48.49

51.99

College

38.50

35.33

Secondary school

11.04

10.26

Technical school

0.13

0.28

High school

0.66

0.28

Professional title (%)**

Chief

0.40

0.87

Associate chief

6.82

11.98

Intermediate

26.07

27.56

Resident

47.06

41.85

Assistant

13.50

11.40

TBD

6.15

6.35

  1. ** p < 0.01