Demographics (1154 US ob/gyns) | |
Age in years (SD) | 47.8 (9.2) |
Women, n (%) | 537 (47) |
Married, n (%) | 965 (84) |
≥1 Child at home, n (%) | 973 (85) |
Region, n (%) | |
Northeast | 288 (25) |
South | 373 (32) |
Midwest | 249 (22) |
West | 242 (21) |
Race/ethnicity, n (%) | |
Asian | 202 (18) |
Hispanic or latino | 64 (6) |
Black, non-hispanic | 67 (6) |
White, non-hispanic | 774 (69) |
Other | 22 (2) |
Immigration history, n (%) | |
Born in the United States | 817 (72) |
Immigrated to United States at any age | 323 (28) |
Religiously affiliated practice*, n (%) | 225 (20) |
Total patient workload, n (%) | |
0-70 Patients seen per week | 376 (33) |
71-100 | 357 (31) |
>100 | 421 (36) |
Practice size, n (%) | |
0-2 Colleagues in primary place of practice | 339 (30) |
3-5 | 334 (29) |
>5 | 463 (41) |
Self-perceived empathy, n (%) | |
High | 684 (61) |
Low | 445 (39) |
Religious affiliation, n (%) | |
None | 119 (11) |
Hindu | 91 (8) |
Jewish | 160 (14) |
Muslim | 54 (5) |
Roman catholic/eastern orthodox | 262 (23) |
Protestant, Evangelical | 91 (8) |
Protestant, non-evangelical | 300 (27) |
Other religion | 48 (4) |
Attendance at religious services, n (%) | |
Never | 123 (11) |
Once a month or less | 547 (48) |
Twice a month or more | 466 (41) |
Importance of religion, n (%) | |
Not very important | 272 (24) |
Fairly important | 321 (28) |
Very important | 385 (34) |
Most important | 157 (14) |
Note: n-counts do not all sum to 1154 because of partial non-response. Percentages do not all sum to 100% because of rounding error. Ob/gyn, obstetrician-gynecologists.
↵* Respondents were asked, ‘Is your primary place of practice religiously affiliated? (Yes/no)’.