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Table 1 Respondent demographics (n = 183)

From: Canadian women in otolaryngology: head and neck surgery part 2—challenges in family planning, fertility, and lactation

Demographic

n (%)

Gender

 Female

83 (45.4)

 Male

100 (54.6)

Age

  < 30

23 (13.2)

 30–39

76 (43.7)

 40–49

38 (21.8)

 50–59

26 (14.8)

 60 + 

11 (6.3)

Ethnicity*

 Asian—East

24 (12.1)

 Asian—South

14 (7.1)

 Asian—Southeast

4 (2.0)

 Black—African

1 (0.5)

 First Nations

1 (0.5)

 Latin American

1 (0.5)

 Metis

1 (0.5)

 Middle Eastern

13 (6.6)

 White—European

32 (16.1)

 White—North American

95 (48.0)

 Mixed heritage

3 (1.5)

 Other

4 (2.0)

 Prefer not to answer

4 (2.0)

 Do not know

1 (0.5)

Province/territory

 Alberta

21 (11.9)

 British Columbia

18 (10.1)

 Manitoba

14 (7.9)

 New Brunswick

4 (2.2)

 Newfoundland

1 (0.6)

 Nova Scotia

21 (11.9)

 Ontario

77 (43.5)

 Prince Edward Island

1 (0.6)

 Quebec

17 (9.6)

 Saskatchewan

3 (1.7)

 Northwest territories

0 (0)

 Nunavut

0 (0)

 Yukon

0 (0)

Practice stage

 Resident/fellow

62 (34.1)

 Attending staff

120 (65.9)

 Retired

0 (0)

Resident PGY year

 PGY 1

10 (16.1)

 PGY 2

10 (16.1)

 PGY 3

11 (17.7)

 PGY 4

13 (21.0)

 PGY 5

11 (17.7)

 Fellow

7 (11.3)

Practice setting

 Academic

105 (58.3)

 Community

37 (20.6)

 Community-academic

38 (21.1)

Relationship status

 Married/common-law

133 (72.7)

 Single

21 (11.5)

 Cohabiting

10 (5.5)

 Divorced/separated

8 (4.4)

 Widowed

0 (0)

 Prefer not to specify

1 (0.6)

 Other

4 (2.2)

Children

 Yes

101 (61.6)

 No

62 (37.8)

 Prefer not to answer

1 (0.6)

  1. *Multiple responses allowed for ethnicity