Women physicians in dual-physician relationships compared with those in other dual-career relationships. Acad Med 1992 Aug;67(8):542-4
Date
08/01/1992Pubmed ID
1497787DOI
10.1097/00001888-199208000-00014Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0026640862 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 34 CitationsAbstract
This study compared the career and domestic responsibilities of women physicians whose domestic partners were physicians (WP-Ps) with those of women physicians whose domestic partners were not physicians (WP-NPs). In 1988 the authors surveyed 602 women physicians in a large midwestern city regarding their career and domestic roles; 390 were physicians in training (students and residents), and 212 were physicians in practice (academic medicine and private practice). Overall, 382 (63%) responded; of the 382, 247 (65%) had domestic partners; of these 247, 91 (37%) were WP-Ps and 156 (63%) were WP-NPs. The WP-Ps were found to be twice as likely as the WP-NPs to interrupt their careers to accommodate their partners' careers. The WP-Ps also assumed significantly more domestic responsibilities and worked fewer hours practicing medicine than did the WP-NPs. The 163 women physicians in training (44-48%-of the WP-Ps and 119-76%-of the WP-NPs) demonstrated a more egalitarian division of labor overall, with no significant differences between the WP-Ps and the WP-NPs. The authors recommend that longitudinal studies be undertaken to determine whether women physicians in training continue this trend as they enter the practice of medicine.
Author List
Tesch BJ, Osborne J, Simpson DE, Murray SF, Spiro JMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAged
Family
Female
Humans
Marriage
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States
Physicians, Women
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workload
