Percentages of responding doctors who agreed or strongly agreed with the statement ‘General practice is more attractive than hospital practice for doctors at present’ presented 3 years after graduationa
| Responders’ career choice | Sex | Year of survey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2005 | 2011 | 2015 | All years | ||
| All specialties | Male and female | 58.5 | 76.5 | 64.1 | 36.1 | 60.1 |
| Male | 54.8 | 75.1 | 65.7 | 32.6 | 58.0 | |
| Female | 61.5 | 77.2 | 63.2 | 38.4 | 61.4 | |
| General practice | Male and female | 89.0 | 92.6 | 81.4 | 51.1 | 79.7 |
| Male | 86.3 | 93.0 | 82.7 | 47.1 | 77.3 | |
| Female | 90.3 | 92.4 | 80.9 | 53.1 | 80.7 | |
| Hospital practice | Male and female | 44.7 | 69.8 | 55.5 | 28.9 | 50.9 |
| Male | 45.6 | 71.3 | 59.6 | 27.0 | 52.0 | |
| Female | 43.9 | 68.7 | 52.7 | 30.3 | 50.1 | |
↵a Based on responses from 9776 doctors (all specialties), 2793 (general practice), and 6016 (hospital practice). Responders in general practice or hospital practice in each survey year. Excludes 82 who specified ‘no opinion’ and 331 who did not answer the statement. Responders in each survey year: 1999 1054 male, 1248 female, total 2302; 2005 723 male, 1283 female, total 2006; 2011 1039 male, 1760 female, total 2799; 2015 672 male, 1030 female, total 1702. Appendix 1 shows the numbers and percentages in each response category. Statistical tests on the percentages strongly agreeing or agreeing: 1) male versus female, all years combined: all career choices χ2 (1 degree of freedom [df]) = 12.4, P = 0.0004; general practice choices χ2 (1 df) = 3.9, P = 0.047; hospital practice choices χ2 (1 df) = 1.9, P = 0.17; 2) year of survey comparisons on each row of the table (χ2 (3 df) tests): all P<0.001.