Table 4.

Selected Practice Characteristics by Graduate’s Gender, Year of Graduation, and Rural/Urban Practice Location

Characteristic^*	Year of Residency Graduation			P Value^†
Characteristic^*	1975 to 1983	1984 to 1993	1994 to 2003	P Value^†
Care for hospital inpatients
Female	30.8	34.5	55.0	.002
Male	57.4	63.8	64.8
Rural	78.6	75.9	80.0	<.001
Urban	48.0	54.2	51.0
1998 survey	70.4	66.2	69.8	.011
2001 survey	57.6	55.0	76.7
2004 survey	54.4	49.1	59.2
Currently practice obstetrics
Rural	35.7	41.4	35.0	.005
Urban	12.0	20.3	24.5
1998 survey	33.3	35.0	48.8	.002
2001 survey	22.0	30.0	40.0
2004 survey	15.2	21.8	26.8
Currently have ICU privileges
Male	30.8	27.6	32.5	.003
Female	37.0	58.0	50.0
Rural	64.3	58.6	57.5	.006
Urban	30.0	52.5	34.7
1998 survey	50.0	57.5	53.5	.02
2001 survey	39.0	46.2	56.7
2004 survey	32.6	45.4	37.4
Provide care for patients in the ER
Rural	28.6	37.9	10.0	.026
Urban	14.0	20.3	6.1
1998 survey	33.3	30.0	20.9	<.001
2001 survey	20.3	26.2	8.3
2004 survey	10.9	14.6	5.6
Perform flexible sigmoidoscopy
Female	0.0	3.4	2.5	<.001
Male	29.6	31.9	16.7
1998 survey	37.0	30.0	23.3	.002
2001 survey	33.9	28.8	20.0
2004 survey	23.9	18.2	4.2
Perform colposcopy
Rural	28.6	27.6	27.5	.026
Urban	12.0	18.6	14.3
Assume risk
Rural	42.9	37.9	52.5	.013
Urban	28.0	27.1	30.6
1998 survey	53.7	42.5	41.9	<.001
2001 survey	30.5	27.5	23.3
2004 survey	30.4	25.4	39.4

* For analysis by year of survey, all surveys were used (N = 548). For analysis by rural location or gender, the latest response for each graduate was used (N = 259).
† Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test for general association.