Table 3

Gender, age and speciality of respondents and non-respondents (N & %), academic degree and years in profession of respondents (N) response rate (%) and women among respondents (N & %).

All
 Respondents
 Non-
Respondents
 Response Rate
 Women among
respondents‡

N
 %
 N
 %
 N
 %
 %
 ♂
 ♀
 N
 %
Gender†










     Men
 333
 71
 211
 70
 122
 74
 63



     Women
 135
 29
 92
 30
 43
 26
 68

92
 30
Age†*










     ≤45
 178
 39
 102
 34
 76
 43
 57
 53
 66
 45
 42
     >45
 276
 61
 196
 66
 80
 51
 71
 71
 70
 46
 24
Speciality†










     Family physicians
 82
 18
 57
 19
 25
 15
 70
 69
 71
 24
 45
     Hospital doctors
 386
 82
 246
 81
 140
 85
 64
 63
 67
 55
 26
Academic degree‡










     PhD

135





24
 18
     MD

157





65
 41
Years in profession‡










     ≤15

101





43
 43
     >15

190





45
 24
Total
 468
303
 65
 165
 35
 65

92
 30

† Data from original name list ‡ Data from answers to the questionnaire * Age is missing for 14 persons

Risberg et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2003 2:10   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-2-10