Respondent characteristics
| 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)’.