Gender Differences and Work-Family Conflicts among Emergency Physicians with Intention to Leave

Table 3

Gender differences in emergency physicians.

	Male		Female
	Number	%	Number	%	p
ED practice hospital level
Medical center	92	47.40%	16	57.10%	0.34
Local hospital	102	52.60%	12	42.90%
Age
Mean ± SD	39.6 ± 7.7		34.6 ± 5.3		0.001
Age group (years old)
≤35	66	34.00%	20	71.40%	<0.001
>35	128	66.00%	8	28.60%
ED practice length (years)
Mean ± SD	7.4 ± 6.1		4.2 ± 3.8		0.001
Clinical work time per month (hours)
Mean ± SD	165.4 ± 30.6		157.3 ± 26.7		0.18
Satisfaction with clinical work time
Yes	126	64.90%	20	71.40%	0.50
No	68	35.10%	8	28.60%
Satisfaction with night shift amount
Yes	128	66.70%	15	57.70%	0.37
No	64	33.30%	11	42.30%
night/day shift ratio
≤40%	98	50.50%	15	53.60%	0.76
>40%	96	49.50%	13	46.40%
Weekend shift
1-4 shifts	92	47.40%	12	44.40%	0.77
≥5 shifts	102	52.60%	15	55.60%
Shift length
12 h	91	46.90%	19	67.90%	0.038
others	103	53.10%	9	32.10%
Financial compensation per month (10,000 NTD)
Mean ± SD	31.0 ± 7.0		26.0 ± 7.6		0.001
Financial compensation fairness
Yes	98	50.80%	18	64.30%	0.18
No	95	49.20%	10	35.70%
intention to leave within one year
Yes	25	12.90%	9	32.10%	0.008
No	169	87.10%	19	67.90%
Administration work
Yes	48	25.10%	4	14.30%	0.24
No	143	74.90%	24	85.70%
Marital status
Married	158	81.40%	20	71.40%	0.21
Others	36	18.60%	8	28.60%
Children
Yes	140	72.20%	10	35.70%	<0.001
No	54	27.80%	18	64.30%

ED: emergency department; SD: standard deviation; NTD: New Taiwan dollars.