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Table 1 Distribution of total participants by the social demography characteristics in three regions

From: The training contents, problems and needs of doctors in urban community health service institutions in China

 

Doctors (NO.%)

P

Eastern

Central

Western

Total

CHSIs Number

94(48.9)

47(24.5)

51(26.6)

192(100)

 

Gender

    

0.195

 Male

684(38.8)

212(39.3)

288(39.2)

1184(39.0)

 

 Female

1078(61.2)

328(60.7)

447(60.8)

1854(61.0)

 

Education level*

    

< 0.001

 Undergraduate and above

837(47.5)

229(42.4)

434(59.0)

1500(49.3)

 

 Junior college

593(33.7)

236(43.7)

196(26.7)

1025(33.8)

 

 Technical secondary school/ High school

313(17.8)

73(13.5)

105(14.3)

491(16.2)

 

 Below high school

19(1.1)

2(0.4)

0(0.0)

21(0.7)

Title level#

    

< 0.001

 Senior title

214(12.1)

59(10.9)

119(16.2)

392(12.9)

 

 Middle title

657(37.3)

152(28.1)

277(37.7)

1086(35.8)

 

 Junior title and below

786(44.6)

275(50.9)

291(39.6)

1352(44.5)

 

 No title

105(6.0)

54(10.0)

48(6.5)

207(6.8)

 
  1. Note: SD = standard deviation
  2. * In China, medical educational programs include 5- to 8-year post–high school training programs, 3-year post–high school programs which are decreasing, 4-year post–middle school programs which have almost disappeared, and barefoot doctors (who are basically farmers with no proper medical education, usually only 3 to 6 months of basic medical training, and take care of the primary health care needs in their communes)
  3. # Senior title (assistant chief physician or chief physician)
  4.  Middle title (attending physician)
  5.  Junior title and below (resident physician or assistant doctor)