Table 2 Participants’ reported characteristics
USA (N = 416) | UK (N = 334) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 394a | N = 334 | ||||
N | % | N | % | ||
Age | |||||
21–30 | 7 | 2% | 67 | 20% | |
31–40 | 57 | 14% | 100 | 30% | |
41–50 | 79 | 20% | 87 | 26% | |
51–60 | 91 | 23% | 64 | 19% | |
>60 | 156 | 40% | 12 | 4% | |
Prefer not to say or missing | 4 | 1% | 4 | 1% | |
Gender | |||||
Female | 122 | 31% | 172 | 52% | |
Male | 271 | 69% | 157 | 47% | |
Prefer not to say or missing | 1 | 0% | 5 | 2% | |
Years of practice since graduation | |||||
0–5 | 15 | 4% | 60 | 18% | |
6–10 | 40 | 10% | 60 | 18% | |
11–20 | 82 | 21% | 91 | 27% | |
21–30 | 74 | 19% | 69 | 21% | |
>30 | 179 | 45% | 53 | 16% | |
Missing | 4 | 1% | |||
Current work situationb | |||||
General practitioner | 243 | 62% | 303 | 82% | |
General practitioner with enhanced training | 108 | 27% | 39 | 11% | |
Specialist | 38 | 10% | 10 | 3% | |
Currently in training | 3 | 1% | 14 | 4% | |
Other or missing | 2 | 1% | 2 | 1% | |
Practice settingc | |||||
NHS | 227 | 68% | |||
Private | 329 | 84% | 141 | 42% | |
Community | 28 | 7% | 25 | 8% | |
Other | 37 | 9% | 4 | 1% | |