Working conditions and Work-Family Conflict in German hospital physicians: psychosocial and organisational predictors and consequences

Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample of German hospital physicians, n = 296

	absolute (n)	relative (%)
Hospital
A	110	37.2
B	186	62.8
Age cohort
up to 34 years	126	42.6
35 – 44 years	98	33.1
45 – 54 years	44	14.9
55 years and older	21	7.1
Gender
male	178	60.1
female	114	38.5
Professional status
resident	128	43.2
board certified specialist	72	24.3
attending	76	25.7
head of department	16	5.4
Area of specialisation
surgery	57	19.3
internal medicine	53	17.9
anesthesiology	48	16.2
pediatrics	46	15.5
small surgical specialities	31	10.5
patient-distant specialities	36	12.2
neurological-dermatological	20	6.8
others/no answer	5	1.7
Cultural background
Germany	277	93.6
foreign country	18	6.1
Family status
living with a partner	221	74.7
living with a child under 15 yrs	114	38.5
Work contract
part-time	35	11.8
full-time	261	88.2
temporary	139	47.0
permanent	155	52.4