Effect of Physician Gender on Demand for Pap Tests

Table 1

Summary statistics.

Variables	Number of observations	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Pap test	10,408	0.6533	0.4759	0	1
Bone density test	10,408	0.2718	0.4449	0	1
Clinical breast exam	10,408	0.2982	0.4575	0	1
Blood pressure test	10,408	0.7116	0.4531	0	1
Cholesterol test	10,408	0.4621	0.4986	0	1
Liver function test	10,408	0.4168	0.4931	0	1
Proctoscopy	10,408	0.0494	0.2167	0	1
Regional ratio of female doctors (%)	10,408	17.457	5.2711	4.17	25.81
Age	10,408	48.086	15.831	25	97
Age^2	10,408	2562.9	1669.5	625	9409
Years of education	10,408	8.4341	5.0828	0	17
Years of education^2	10,408	96.966	81.918	0	289
Employment status	10,408	0.4914	0.4999	0	1
Marital status	10,408	0.7080	0.4547	0	1
Frequent menstrual pain	10,408	0.4650	0.4988	0	1
Income level (from low to high)
Level 1	10,408	0.2670	0.4424	0	1
Level 2	10,408	0.2095	0.4069	0	1
Level 3	10,408	0.1794	0.3837	0	1
Level 4	10,408	0.2261	0.4183	0	1
Level 5	10,408	0.0821	0.2746	0	1
Level 6	10,408	0.0229	0.1495	0	1
Level 7	10,408	0.0131	0.1136	0	1
Ethnic group
Minan	10,408	0.7523	0.4317	0	1
Hakka	10,408	0.1330	0.3396	0	1
Mainlander	10,408	0.0819	0.2742	0	1
others	10,408	0.0329	0.1783	0	1