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Table 4 Means (SD) of life satisfaction in female and male physicians.

From: The impact of gender and parenthood on physicians' careers - professional and personal situation seven years after graduation

 

Female physicians

Male physicians

   

LIFE SATISFACTION

Without children

(n = 191)

Mean (SD)

With children

(n = 101)

Mean (SD)

Total

(n = 292)

Mean (SD)

Without children

(n = 177)

Mean (SD)

With children

(n = 110)

Mean (SD)

Total

(n = 287)

Mean (SD)

   

Friends

3.58 (1.04)

3.82 (1.09)

3.66 (1.06)

3.48 (1.07)

3.34 (1.12)

3.43 (1.08)

   

Leisure activities

3.05 (1.05)

3.12 (1.03)

3.07 (1.04)

3.05 (1.03)

2.64 (1.08)

2.89 (1.07)

   

Health

3.75 (1.05)

3.83 (1.11)

3.78 (1.07)

3.84 (1.01)

3.66 (1.12)

3.77 (1.06)

   

Income

3.50 (1.07)

3.45 (1.10)

3.48 (1.08)

3.17 (1.16)

3.15 (1.20)

3.16 (1.77)

   

Work

3.49 (0.98)

3.57 (1.00)

3.52 (0.97)

3.54 (0.95)

3.75 (0.97)

3.62 (0.96)

   

Living condition

4.12 (0.88)

4.10 (0.97)

4.11 (0.91)

4.03 (0.97)

4.04 (0.85)

4.03 (0.92)

   

Family life

3.38 (1.26)

4.46 (0.81)

3.76 (1.23)

3.45 (1.12)

4.32 (0.96)

3.79 (1.14)

   

Partnership/Sexuality

3.64 (1.27)

3.73 (1.17)

3.67 (1.23)

3.55 (1.34)

3.65 (1.07)

3.59 (1.24)

   

Analyses of variance

Gender

Children

Gender × Children

multivariate

F(8,559)

p

partial eta2

F(8,559)

p

partial eta2

F(8,559)

p

partial eta2

 

3.73

<0.001

0.05

21.71

<0.001

0.24

1.50

0.153

0.02

univariate

F(1,566)

p

partial eta2

F(1,566)

p

partial eta2

F(1,566)

p

partial eta2

Friends

9.23

0.002

0.02

0.18

0.675

<0.01

4.09

0.044

0.01

Leisure activities

6.23

0.013

0.01

3.86

0.050

0.01

6.43

0.011

0.01

Health

0.14

0.711

<0.01

0.41

0.523

<0.01

1.83

0.177

<0.01

Income

9.87

0.002

0.02

0.18

0.673

<0.01

0.03

0.872

<0.01

Work

1.88

0.171

<0.01

2.98

0.085

<0.01

0.64

0.426

<0.01

Living condition

0.90

0.342

<0.01

0.01

0.952

<0.01

0.03

0.873

<0.01

Family life

0.12

0.734

<0.01

104.94

<0.001

0.16

1.26

0.262

<0.01

Partnership/Sexuality

0.61

0.434

<0.01

0.76

0.384

<0.01

0.01

0.958

<0.01

  1. Results of multivariate and univariate analyses (N = 579)