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Table 1 Characteristics of interview participants

From: The generation and gender shifts in medicine: an exploratory survey of internal medicine physicians

 

Baby Boomers (N = 34)

Generation X (N = 18)

Gender

Male n = 18 (53%)

Female n = 16 (47%)

Male n = 8 (44%)

Female n = 10 (56%)

Age

Mean = 48.15 (SD = 4.58)

Mean = 35.06 (SD = 3.69)

Years in department

Mean = 11.12 (SD = 7.00)

Mean = 3.79 (SD = 2.04)

Marital status

Lives alone n = 4 (12%)

Lives with partner n = 30 (88%)

Lives alone n = 3 (17%)

Lives with partner n = 15 (83%)

Parental status

Has no children n = 5 (15%)

Has children n = 29 (85%)

Has no children n = 12 (67%)

Has children n = 6 (33%)

% Residents

Resident n = 2 (6%)

Resident n = 4 (22%)