Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Survey Respondents and Nonrespondents*

AttributeRespondents [No. (%)]Nonrespondents [No. (%)]
Specialty
    Family practice113 (54)100 (68)
    Pediatrics97 (46)48 (32)
Year of medical school graduation
    1940 to 19598 (5)4 (4)
    1960 to 197971 (46)44 (39)
    After 198076 (49)64 (57)
Gender
    Male123 (64)102 (72)
    Female69 (36)39 (28)
  • * Nonrespondent data based on administrative data; respondent based on administrative data plus survey response (99% correspondence).

  • P < .05 for differences between respondents and non-respondents.