Children and childcare according to specialty type
| Characteristic Number (%) unless stated otherwise | Cardiology | Critical care | GP | O&G | Paediatrics | Internal medicine—other | Prevocational | Surgery | Other | Total |
| Number of respondents | 57 | 68 | 80 | 15 | 36 | 117 | 29 | 11 | 39 | 452 |
| Children | ||||||||||
| No | 17 (30) | 19 (28) | 8 (10) | 3 (20) | 8 (22) | 35 (30) | 23 (79) | 15 (38) | 2 (18) | 130 (29) |
| Yes | 40 (70) | 49 (72) | 72 (90) | 12 (80) | 28 (78) | 82 (70) | 6 (21) | 24 (62) | 9 (82) | 322 (71) |
| Number of children | ||||||||||
| 0 | 17 (30) | 19 (28) | 8 (10) | 3 (20) | 8 (22) | 35 (30) | 23 (79) | 15 (38) | 2 (18) | 130 (29) |
| 1–2 | 29 (51) | 38 (56) | 54 (68) | 9 (60) | 23 (64) | 73 (62) | 6 (21) | 17 (44) | 6 (55) | 255 (56) |
| 3 or more | 11 (19) | 11 (16) | 18 (23) | 3 (20) | 4 (11) | 9 (8) | 0 (0) | 7 (18) | 3 (27) | 66 (15) |
| Stage of career for first child* | ||||||||||
| University | 1 (3) | 2 (4) | 5 (7) | 1 (8) | 2 (7) | 2 (2) | 2 (33) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 16 (5) |
| Internship | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 4 (6) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (3) |
| Residency | 5 (13) | 2 (4) | 14 (19) | 1 (8) | 1 (4) | 2 (2) | 1 (17) | 1 (4) | 3 (33) | 30 (9) |
| Specialty training | 5 (13) | 27 (55) | 18 (25) | 6 (50) | 18 (64) | 46 (56) | N/A | 14 (58) | 4 (44) | 138 (43) |
| Fellowship | 9 (23) | 2 (4) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (7) | 4 (5) | N/A | 2 (8) | 1 (11) | 22 (7) |
| PhD/research phase | 7 (18) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (11) | 5 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 15 (5) |
| Consultant/fully qualified | 11 (28) | 15 (31) | 26 (36) | 2 (17) | 2 (7) | 21 (26) | N/A | 7 (29) | 1 (11) | 85 (26) |
| Childcare* (may select more than one option) | ||||||||||
| Nanny | 20 (50) | 14 (29) | 4 (6) | 2 (17) | 5 (18) | 21 (26) | 2 (33) | 4 (17) | 1 (11) | 73 (23) |
| Day care | 13 (33) | 25 (51) | 40 (56) | 9 (75) | 18 (64) | 47 (57) | 2 (33) | 13 (54) | 5 (56) | 172 (53) |
| Partner | 9 (23) | 21 (43) | 28 (39) | 5 (42) | 8 (29) | 32 (39) | 4 (67) | 8 (33) | 4 (44) | 119 (37) |
| Other family | 4 (10) | 6 (12) | 9 (13) | 4 (33) | 10 (36) | 20 (24) | 1 (17) | 5 (21) | 4 (44) | 63 (20) |
| Other | 9 (23) | 6 (12) | 14 (19) | 1 (8) | 6 (21) | 6 (7) | 0 (0) | 5 (21) | 1 (11) | 48 (15) |
| Return to work after child* | ||||||||||
| Full-time clinical | 12 (30) | 15 (31) | 9 (13) | 8 (67) | 8 (29) | 41 (50) | 4 (67) | 8 (33) | 4 (44) | 109 (34) |
| Part-time clinical | 23 (58) | 28 (57) | 52 (72) | 3 (25) | 15 (54) | 35 (43) | 1 (17) | 12 (50) | 5 (56) | 174 (54) |
| Non-clinical | 4 (10) | 5 (10) | 6 (8) | 0 (0) | 5 (18) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (21) | 0 (0) | 28 (9) |
| Interaction of career choices and family planning | ||||||||||
| Parenting delayed | 23 (40) | 29 (43) | 24 (30) | 7 (47) | 19 (53) | 45 (38) | 7 (24) | 3 (27) | 11 (28) | 168 (37) |
| Training delayed | 9 (16) | 20 (29) | 14 (18) | 4 (27) | 16 (44) | 33 (28) | 4 (14) | 4 (36) | 7 (18) | 111 (25) |
| Chose no children | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) |
| Chose specialty | 6 (11) | 18 (26) | 58 (73) | 1 (7) | 16 (44) | 42 (36) | 8 (28) | 1 (9) | 16 (41) | 166 (37) |
| Avoided changing positions | 1 (2) | 15 (22) | 7 (9) | 4 (27) | 9 (25) | 18 (15) | 4 (14) | 0 (0) | 5 (13) | 63 (14) |
Due to the small numbers in each individual specialty group, statistical comparisons were performed for cardiology versus non-cardiology specialties in table 3.
*These sections are only relevant to those respondents who are parents, therefore proportions reflected as a percentage of those with children (in some instances, not all respondents with children answered each question).
GP, general practice; O&G, obstetrics and gynaecology.