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Women surgeons in Hong Kong
- Source :
- Surgical Practice. 14:2-7
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2010.
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Abstract
- Objective: To survey Hong Kong women surgeon's current situation: their ability to balance career, personal and family life, and to look into some gender-specific issues. Methods: A 28-item questionnaire online survey was emailed to 142 female and 761 male surgeons with questions asking about four areas: demographic data, job satisfaction, work life balance and work opportunity. Results: Fifty-eight female and 114 male surgeons completed the questionnaire. The mean age of female surgeon respondents was significantly younger than male surgeon respondents (33 vs 43 years, P = 60 hours per week, P = 0.402); however, both felt satisfied or very satisfied with their current job situation (74% female and 76% male, P = 0.536) and were happy or very happy with other aspects of their lives (84% female and 82% male). More male respondents were married (83% male vs 35 % female, P
Details
- ISSN :
- 17441625
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Surgical Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5ec2b3e2a5aada9281e963d5304a8a19