Characteristics of U.S. Physician Marriages, 2000–2015: An Analysis of Data From a U.S. Census Survey

Letters6 March 2018Characteristics of U.S. Physician Marriages, 2000–2015: An Analysis of Data From a U.S. Census SurveyDan P. Ly, MD, MPP, Seth A. Seabury, PhD, and Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhDDan P. Ly, MD, MPPHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.P.L., A.B.J.)Search for more papers by this author, Seth A. Seabury, PhDUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (S.A.S.)Search for more papers by this author, and Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.P.L., A.B.J.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M17-1758 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Background: Female physicians are more likely than male physicians to make professional adjustments to accommodate household responsibilities, such as childrearing (1). Although differences in marriage characteristics between male and female physicians may partly explain this finding, national data on characteristics of physician marriages are lacking (2). For example, spouses of female physicians may on average work more hours outside the home than spouses of male physicians, which would place relatively greater pressure on female physicians to adjust their professional responsibilities for household work.Methods: We performed analyses using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) obtained between 2000 and 2015 ...References1. Jolly S, Griffith KA, DeCastro R, Stewart A, Ubel P, Jagsi R. Gender differences in time spent on parenting and domestic responsibilities by high-achieving young physician-researchers. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:344-53. [PMID: 24737273]. doi:10.7326/M13-0974 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Tesch BJ, Osborne J, Simpson DE, Murray SF, Spiro J. Women physicians in dual-physician relationships compared with those in other dual-career relationships. Acad Med. 1992;67:542-4. [PMID: 1497787] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. University of Minnesota. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Variables. 2017. Accessed at https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/group on 28 August 2017. Google Scholar4. United States Census Bureau. American Community Survey. Methodology. 2017. Accessed at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology.html on 28 August 2017. Google Scholar5. Seabury SA, Chandra A, Jena AB. Trends in the earnings of male and female health care professionals in the United States, 1987 to 2010. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:1748-50. [PMID: 23999898] MedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.P.L., A.B.J.)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (S.A.S.)Note: Dr. Ly had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M17-1758.Reproducible Research Statement:Study protocol: Not available. Statistical code: Available from Dr. Ly (e-mail, [email protected]harvard.edu). Data set: Available at https://usa.ipums.org/usa.This article was published at Annals.org on 21 November 2017. 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Moyer, MD, Sue S. Bornstein, MD, and Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, for the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians* 6 March 2018Volume 168, Issue 5Page: 375-376KeywordsAcute coronary syndromeChildrenDisclosureGraduate medical educationHealth careInstitutional review boardsNursesPharmacistsSexual identitySurgeons ePublished: 21 November 2017 Issue Published: 6 March 2018 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2017 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...