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Table 1 Characteristics of the samples and the populationa of doctors in each year (in parenthesis). Gender and work position given in percentages, mean age in years

From: How stable are moral judgements? A longitudinal study of context dependency in attitudes towards patient responsibility

 

2008

2014

2021

Female

37.1 (40.8)

38.3 (47)

52.8 (53.1)

GPs

25.6 (24.5)

23.7 (24.8)

20.6 (22.8)

Hospital doctors

55.5 (55)

57 (55.1)

59.2 (57)

Other positions

18.9 (20.5)

19.3 (20.1)

15.9 (21.2)

Mean age

48 (44)

55 (44)

45 (46)

N

1052–1056

1135–1139

1553–1556

  1. aSource: Occupationally active doctors below 70 years of age, Statistics of The Norwegian Medical Association Yrkesaktive leger i Norge (legeforeningen.no)