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Table 1 Demographic information

From: The red packet phenomenon from the perspective of young Chinese doctors: a questionnaire study

Demographic

N (%) 413

Have never been offered red packets 150

Have been offered red packets 263

p-value

Gender

Male

259 (62.7)

79 (52.7%)

180 (68.4%)

 

Female

154 (37.3)

71 (47.3%)

83 (31.6%)

0.001

Age, median (IQR) years

29 (27–30)

28 (26–30)

30 (28–31)

 < 0.001

Education level

Bachelor’s degree

60 (14.5)

24 (16.0%)

36 (13.7%)

0.81

Master’s degree

272 (65.9)

97 (64.7%)

175 (66.5%)

Doctoral degree

81 (19.6)

29 (19.3%)

52 (19.8%)

Position

Interns

75 (18.2)

48 (32.0%)

27 (10.3%)

 < 0.001

Resident physician

240 (58.1)

79 (52.7%)

161 (61.2%)

Attending physician or chief physician

98 (23.7)

23 (15.3%)

75 (28.5%)

Location (region)

North-east

111 (26.9%)

26 (17.3%)

85 (32.3%)

 < 0.001

Central-South

86 (20.8%)

26 (17.3%)

60 (22.8%)

East

75 (18.2%)

28 (18.7%)

47 (17.9%)

West

19 (4.6%)

14 (9.3%)

5 (1.9%)

North

122 (29.5%)

56 (37.3%)

66 (25.1%)

  1. Bold indicates p < 0.05 (typically < 0.05) is statistically significant