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- Title
Influence of minor children and contribution to household income on work hours of female dentists.
- Authors
Kuthy, Raymond A.; Jennings, Adrienne D.; McQuistan, Michelle R.; Marshall, Teresa A.; Qian, Fang
- Abstract
Objective To study the association of having minor children and contribution to household income on weekly work hours of Iowa female dentists. Methods A 28-question survey was mailed to all active Iowa dentists. This study represents female dentists who responded to the survey ( n = 192; response rate = 63 percent). The dependent variable was whether dentists currently worked full- or part-time (≥32 versus <32 hours/week). The associations of having minor children and the percent women contributed toward their household income were then analyzed using stepwise logistic regression, controlling for covariates (alpha = 0.05). Results Of the respondents, 14.6 percent worked part-time. Females who had no minor children (40.1 percent) were 3.1 times as likely to work full-time ( P = 0.0353), and those who contributed >60 percent to household income (57.8 percent) were 3.0 times as likely to work full-time ( P = 0.0129). The final regression model indicated that those who contributed >60 percent to household income ( P = 0.0096) and had no leave of absence longer than 45 consecutive days within the prior 2 years ( P = 0.0483) were more likely to work full-time compared with their counterparts. Conclusion Iowa female dentists who provided more than 60 percent to household income and had not taken a leave of absence during the past 2 years were more likely to work full-time. The inclusion of leave of absence as a predictor variable negates any additional influence of the presence or absence of minor children in the regression model, indicating that these variables are highly correlated for this population.
- Subjects
IOWA; INCOME; WORKING hours; WOMEN dentists; LOGISTIC regression analysis; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2013, Vol 73, Issue 3, p245
- ISSN
0022-4006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jphd.12022