Table 2

Sample demographics and results of χ² test comparing grades across demographics

	Consultants		HSTs		BSTs		Total		χ²
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	χ²
Total	950	54	424	24	375	22	1749	100
Age									1700.6***
<30			82	19.5	267	71.6	349	20.3
31–40	114	12.1	318	75.4	97	26.0	529	30.8
41–50	440	46.7	20	4.7	9	2.4	469	27.3
>50	389	41.3	2	1.0	−	−	391	22.7
Sex									86.9***
Male	574	60.5	178	42.1	130	34.8	882	50.5
Female	375	39.5	245	57.9	244	65.2	864	49.5
Marital status									303.9***
Cohabiting	805	86.7	274	65.1	144	38.9	1223	71.1
Single	124	13.3	147	34.9	226	61.1	497	28.9

***p≤0.001.
BSTs: Basic Specialist Trainees; HSTs: Higher Specialist Trainees.