Appendix IV-C
Comparison of Men and Women Faculty on Selected Survey Items:
Mentoring, Safety, Time Pressures
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Is your principal mentor: (If you do not have a mentor, please check NA, for Not Applicable.) |
Non-medical |
Medical |
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Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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a. __male |
__female |
(% male) |
88.8% |
54.4%* |
93.0% |
74.2%* |
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b. __ within dept |
__ outside dept |
(% within dept) |
81.4% |
60.3%* |
75.9% |
76.8% |
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c. __ dept chair |
___other
senior colleague(s) |
(% dept chair) |
24.3% |
7.6%* |
na |
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d. __ at Penn |
__ at another University |
(% at Penn) |
68.7% |
66.3% |
na |
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Do you ever feel unsafe: |
% feeling unsafe |
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Men |
Women |
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10.0% |
30.0%* |
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23.1% |
50.7%* |
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49.8% |
65.4%* |
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34.5% |
61.3%* |
| Approximately how long (in hours) is your average professional week? (Please include working time at home and office hours.) |
Men |
Women |
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59.5 |
58.9 hrs/wk |
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How
many days were you away last year for: |
Men |
Women |
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24.3* |
19.0 days |
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13.2 |
12.7 days |
The statements below describe the experiences reported by some faculty. Please assess how well each statement describes your own current position.
Options: 1. Strongly Agree 2. Somewhat Agree 3. Somewhat Disagree 4. Strongly Disagree
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% Agree (1 & 2) |
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Non-medical |
Medical School |
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Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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a. Difficulty balancing family/home and work responsibilities |
63.8* |
76.3 |
69.4* |
73.5 |
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b. Concern with burnout |
54.8* |
73.7 |
59.7 |
65.8 |
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c. Too little control over daily work |
48.1* |
60.0 |
39.9 |
43.6 |
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d. Too many time pressures |
72.4* |
86.4 |
73.2* |
79.4 |
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e. Promotion criteria too difficult to attain |
28.6* |
55.1 |
37.7* |
57.5 |
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f. Insufficient protected time for research |
68.7* |
75.8 |
46.3* |
54.9 |
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g. Feel stressed beyond a comfortable, energizing level |
50.7* |
76.5 |
43.9* |
56.2 |
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h. Insufficient job security |
17.6* |
34.2 |
34.8 |
38.6 |
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i. Inadequate time for academic pursuits |
56.4* |
73.9 |
46.1* |
55.3 |
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j. Feel overloaded all the time |
67.1* |
80.0 |
55.4* |
66.7 |
* Indicates that gender gap is statistically significant, p<0.05