Domestic tethers: Gender differences in career paths and domestic responsibilities of top-research medical school graduates.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Gendered differences in career paths of medical graduates persist globally. We aim to explore the impact of domestic tethers on the career paths of physicians by studying gendered differences in domestic burdens of physicians as well as differences in perceptions around the impact of domestic work on professional advancement.

Methods

A web-based survey including 38 questions was sent to all 3866 physician alumni of the top academic medical school in Lebanon. Data was collected between November 2018 and January 2019, with up to three invite reminders. Overall, 382 were included in the final analysis, 124 women (32%), 258 men (68%).

Results

The study had a response rate of 10.4%. Findings show that a greater percentage of men were married and had children (

SUBMITTER: Hitti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020711 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature