Career Satisfaction of U.S. Female Psychiatrists Versus Other Female Physicians
|
Psychiatrists |
Other Physicians |
Analysis |
| Measure of Satisfaction |
%b |
SE |
%b |
SE |
c2 |
df |
p |
| Amount of work |
|
|
|
|
3.1 |
3 |
0.40 |
| Too little |
2.9 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
| A comfortable amount |
49.9 |
3.0 |
54.5 |
1.0 |
| Too much |
41.0 |
3.0 |
37.7 |
1.0 |
| Far too much |
6.2 |
1.3 |
6.0 |
0.5 |
| Ability to control work environment |
|
|
|
|
7.3 |
3 |
0.06 |
| Always/almost always |
33.0 |
2.7 |
26.7 |
0.9 |
| Usually |
39.5 |
2.9 |
40.9 |
1.0 |
| Sometimes |
19.5 |
2.5 |
25.1 |
0.9 |
| Rarely/never |
8.0 |
1.8 |
7.3 |
0.5 |
| Feeling of career satisfaction |
|
|
|
|
2.9 |
2 |
0.20 |
| Always/almost always |
53.6 |
3.0 |
48.4 |
1.0 |
| Usually |
32.1 |
2.8 |
36.0 |
1.0 |
| Sometimes/rarely/never |
14.3 |
2.2 |
15.6 |
0.8 |
| Likelihood of changing specialty |
|
|
|
|
10.3 |
2 |
0.006 |
| Definitely/probably |
16.0 |
2.0 |
21.2 |
0.8 |
| Maybe |
14.3 |
2.0 |
18.2 |
0.8 |
| Probably not/definitely not |
69.7 |
2.6 |
60.6 |
1.0 |
| Amount of work stress |
|
|
|
|
0.2 |
2 |
0.90 |
| Severe |
14.3 |
2.4 |
13.1 |
0.7 |
| Moderate |
68.0 |
2.8 |
69.0 |
0.9 |
| Light |
17.7 |
2.0 |
17.9 |
0.8 |
aData from the Women Physicians' Health Study; psychiatrists: N=570, other female physicians; N=3,875.
bPopulation estimate.