Table 1

Representativeness of survey respondents relative to all Manitoba medical graduates from 1998 to 2009

CHARACTERISTICSURVEY RESPONDENTS, N (%) (N = 331*)MANITOBA MEDICAL GRADUATES, N (%) (N = 943*)
Year of graduation
  • 1998–200076 (23.0)211 (22.4)
  • 2001–200371 (21.5)219 (23.2)
  • 2004–200693 (28.1)246 (26.1)
  • 2007–200979 (23.9)267 (28.3)
Sex
  • Female154 (46.5)397 (42.1)
  • Male162 (48.9)546 (57.9)
Location of residency training
  • Manitoba171 (51.7)496 (52.6)
  • Rest of Canada153 (46.2)433 (45.9)
  • International3 (0.9)9 (1.0)
Medical specialty
  • Family medicine122 (36.9)328 (34.8)
  • Other specialty206 (62.2)599 (63.5)
  • * Numbers do not add up to 331 survey respondents or 943 graduates owing to missing responses or unknown information.