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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Pediatrician Respondents

From: Perception and management of fever in infants up to six months of age: A survey of US pediatricians

Demographic Characteristics

N

%

Number of Respondents

401

 

Gender (%)

  

   Female

258

64.3%

   Male

143

35.7%

Type of Practice (%)

  

   Private solo office

54

13.5%

   Private group practice

296

73.8%

   HMO setting/salaried through a health plan

51

12.7%

   Missing

0

0.0%

Practice Setting (%)

  

   Community-based

332

82.8%

   Teaching/research institution

69

17.2%

   Missing

0

0.0%

Geographic Region (%)

  

   Within a city/in an urban area

162

40.4%

   Surburban

209

52.1%

   Rural

29

7.2%

   Missing

1

0.2%

Census Region (%)

  

   Northeast

82

20.4%

   South

122

30.4%

   West

149

37.2%

   Midwest

47

11.7%

   Missing

1

0.2%