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Table 4 Comparing the 2016 survey to a smaller 2011 survey [3]

From: From practice employee to (co-)owner: young GPs predict their future careers: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

2016 n = 262

2011 n = 104

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

32.9 (4.7)

31.8 (5.7)

0.06

Female, no. (%)

186 (71)

71 (68)

0.57

Educational level, no. (% per column)

  

0.01

 Medical student

22 (8)

20 (19)

 

 Resident

135 (52)

50 (48)

 

 General practitioner

105 (40)

34 (33)

 

Practice type, no. (% per column)

  

0.10

 Single practice

6 (2)

6 (6)

 

 Double practice

29 (11)

17 (16)

 

 Group practice

219 (86)

81 (78)

 

Practice location, no. (% per column)

  

0.29

 Town

43 (17)

18 (17)

 

 Suburb

102 (40)

33 (32)

 

 Countryside

109 (43)

53 (51)

 

Employment of first job as GPa, no. (% per column)

  

<0.001

 Employed

227 (89)

43 (41)

 

 Self-employed

27 (11)

61 (59)

 

Desired workload in %, mean (SD)

70 (15.8)

72 (16.7)

0.28

  1. aThis is from the 2016 survey. The question was phrased slightly differently in 2011