Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of participants by gender (N = 413)

From: Gender differences in response to medical red packets (Hongbao, monetary gifts): a questionnaire study on young doctors in China

Variables

Total (N = 413)

Female (n = 154)

Male (n = 259)

p-value

Age, Median (IQR) years

29 (27–30)

29 (26–30)

30 (28–31)

 < 0.001

Education

   

0.900

Undergraduate

60 (14.5%)

22 (14.3%)

38 (14.7%)

 

Master

272 (65.9%)

100 (64.9%)

172 (66.4%)

 

PhD

81 (19.6%)

32 (20.8%)

49 (18.9%)

 

Position

   

0.008

Intern/trainee

75 (18.2%)

38 (24.7%)

37 (14.3%)

 

Resident

240 (58.1%)

89 (57.8%)

151 (58.3%)

 

Attending/Chief

98 (23.7%)

27 (17.5%)

71 (27.4%)

 

Geographical areas

   

0.009

East-North

111 (26.9%)

48 (31.2%)

63 (24.3%)

 

Central-South

86 (20.8%)

27 (17.5%)

59 (22.8%)

 

East

75 (18.2%)

18 (11.7%)

57 (22.0%)

 

West

19 ( 4.6%)

5 ( 3.2%)

14 ( 5.4%)

 

North

122 (29.5%)

56 (36.4%)

66 (25.5%)

 
  1. Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used for age and for other variables
  2. Bold indicates a p < 0.05 (typically < 0.05) is statistically significant
  3. IQR, Interquartile range