Table 1 Demographic and practice data for respondents.

From: Physician marriage survey reveals sex and specialty differences in marital satisfaction factors

Category (# of respondents)

n

%

Demographics

Sex (251)

Female

144

57.4%

Male

105

41.8%

Prefer not to say

2

0.8%

Race (253)

White or Caucasian

193

76.3%

Asian

24

9.5%

Black

16

6.3%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1

0.4%

Other

10

4.0%

Two or more races

6

2.4%

Prefer not to say

3

1.2%

Ethnicity (250)

Hispanic or Latino

22

8.8%

Not Hispanic or Latino

228

91.2%

Education

Medical degree (253)

M.D

212

83.8%

D.O

39

15.4%

M.B.B.S

2

0.8%

Additional degrees (56)

M.B.A

8

14.3%

M.P.H

13

23.2%

M.S

22

39.3%

Ph.D

5

8.9%

Other

11

19.6%

Practice

Level of practice (251)

Resident

38

15.1%

Fellow

4

1.6%

Attending

193

76.9%

Retired

16

6.4%

Practice setting (252)

Academic

163

64.7%

Private practice

89

35.3%

Specialty (249)

Family medicine

57

22.9%

Internal medicine

33

13.3%

Pediatrics

27

10.8%

Psychiatry

37

14.9%

Other specialty

51

20.5%

Surgery

44

17.7%

  1. Number of respondents for survey questions and distribution of responses.