Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants (n=727)

NPer cent
Gender
 Female39354
 Male33446
Age
 <2500
 26–3021129
 31–3518225
 36–4013819
 41–458712
 46–507310
 >50365
Professional status
 Intern/resident57579
 Attending physician11616
 Senior physician365
Work experience (years)
 Less than 17310
 1–210214
 3–524734
 More than 530542
Area of specialisation
 Internal medicine18125
 Surgery12417
 Paediatrics10214
 Anaesthesiology9513
 Neurology11015
 Gynaecology11516
Marital status
 Single27638
 Married/partnership45162
Children
 Child/children29841
 Without children42959