Demographic Characteristics of Family Physicians Providing Care to Children (n = 11,674): American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Practice Demographic Questionnaire Data (2017 to 2018)
Characteristics | Demographics | Care of Children | |||||||||
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≤ 18 Years | P-Value | < 5 Years | P-Value | 5 to 18 Years | P-Value | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
Gender | |||||||||||
Female | 5094 | 43.6 | 4183 | 82.1 | < .001 | 3341 | 65.6 | < .001 | 4174 | 81.9 | < .001 |
Male | 6580 | 56.4 | 5561 | 84.5 | 4527 | 68.8 | 5553 | 84.4 | |||
Age in years | |||||||||||
< 39 | 1419 | 12.1 | 1233 | 86.9 | < .001 | 1056 | 74.4 | < .001 | 1232 | 86.8 | < .001 |
40 to 49 | 4314 | 37.0 | 3632 | 84.2 | 2939 | 68.1 | 3624 | 84.0 | |||
50 to 59 | 3936 | 33.7 | 3260 | 82.8 | 2606 | 66.2 | 3255 | 82.7 | |||
60+ | 2005 | 17.2 | 1619 | 80.7 | 1267 | 63.2 | 1616 | 80.6 | |||
Location of medical school | |||||||||||
International medical graduate | 1200 | 10.3 | 936 | 78.0 | < .001 | 694 | 59.0 | < .001 | 934 | 77.8 | < .001 |
United States medical graduate | 10,474 | 89.7 | 8808 | 84.1 | 7174 | 69.2 | 8793 | 84.0 | |||
Type of medical degree | |||||||||||
Osteopath | 1146 | 9.8 | 997 | 87.0 | < .001 | 813 | 70.9 | .006 | 996 | 86.9 | < .001 |
MD | 10,528 | 90.2 | 8747 | 83.1 | 7055 | 67.0 | 8731 | 82.9 | |||
Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||
Non-Hispanic, White | 8296 | 71.1 | 7102 | 85.6 | < .001 | 5944 | 71.6 | < .001 | 7093 | 85.5 | < .001 |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 547 | 4.7 | 439 | 80.3 | 310 | 56.7 | 437 | 79.9 | |||
Asian | 1605 | 13.7 | 1250 | 77.9 | 881 | 54.9 | 1246 | 77.6 | |||
Non-Hispanic, Other | 532 | 4.6 | 431 | 81.0 | 332 | 62.4 | 430 | 80.8 | |||
Hispanic | 694 | 5.9 | 522 | 75.2 | 401 | 57.8 | 521 | 75.1 |