OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: Using data from the APA's 1988-1989 Professional
Activities Survey, the authors compared male and female psychiatrists on
demographic characteristics, training, practice patterns, and income.
RESULTS: In keeping with previous studies' findings, female respondents on
the average were younger than male respondents and more likely to have
taken a residency or fellowship in child or adolescent psychiatry, worked
fewer hours per week, allocated their working hours differently among types
of activities, saw fewer patients per week, and worked in somewhat
different settings. Multiple regression analysis showed that women had
significantly lower mean net annual income than men after the effects of
those predictors were statistically controlled. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in
age, training, hours worked in specific settings, and numbers of patients
do not completely account for the gender gap in psychiatrists' annual
incomes.Abstract Teaser