The cultural adjustment of self-initiated expatriate doctors working and living in Ireland

Figures & data

Table 1. Gender (Categorized by nationality)

	Total		Nationality
Gender	N	% of Respondents	Africa		Asia		Other
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
Male	268	72.6	132	77.2	113	74.8	23	48.9
Female	101	27.4	39	22.8	38	25.2	24	51.1
Total	369	100.0	171	100.0	151	100.0	47	100.0

Table 2. Age (Categorized by Gender)

	Total		Gender
Age	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
20–30	139	37.7	70	26.1	69	68.3
31–40	143	38.8	116	43.3	27	26.7
41+	87	23.6	82	30.6	5	5.0
Total	369	100.0	268	100.0	101	100.0

Table 3. Nationality (Categorized by gender)

	Total		Gender
Continent	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
Africa	171	46.3	132	49.3	39	38.6
Southern Asia	151	40.9	113	42.2	38	37.6
South America	4	1.1	1	.4	3	3.0
North America	12	3.3	5	1.9	7	6.9
Australia	3	.8	2	.7	1	1.0
Europe	28	7.6	15	5.6	13	12.9
Total	369	100.0	268	100.0	101	100.0

Table 4. Marital status (Categorized by gender)

	Total		Gender
Marital Status	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
Married	244	66.1	199	74.3	45	44.6
Single/separated	125	33.9	69	25.7	56	55.4
Total	369	100.0	268	100.0	101	100.0

Table 5. Medical registration (Categorized by gender)

	Total		Gender
Medical Registration	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
Internship	74	20.1	37	13.8	37	36.6
Trainee Specialist	111	30.1	73	27.2	38	37.6
Specialist/General	180	48.8	156	58.2	24	23.8
Other	4	1.1	2	.7	2	2.0
Total	369	100.0	268	100.0	101	100.0

Table 6. Length of time working in Ireland (Categorized by gender)

	Total		Gender
Length of time working in Ireland	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
under 1 year	68	18.4	40	14.9	28	27.7
1–3 years	90	24.4	60	22.4	30	29.7
3 years +	210	56.9	167	62.3	43	42.6
Total	368	99.7	267	99.6	101	100.0
Missing	1	.3	1	.4	-	-

(1 individual did not state how long they have been working in Ireland)

Table 7. Difficulty understanding the Irish accent (Categorized by gender)

	Total		Gender
Difficulty understanding the Irish accent	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
yes all	97	26.3	72	26.9	25	24.8
doctors and patients	62	16.8	36	13.4	26	25.7
patients and socially	70	19.0	55	20.5	15	14.9
no	135	36.6	100	37.3	35	34.7
Total	364	98.6	263	98.1	101	100.0
Missing	5	1.4	5	1.9	-	-

(5 individuals did not indicate if they experienced difficulty understanding the Irish accent)

Table 8. Length of time it took to fully understand the Irish accent(Categorized by gender)

	Total		Gender
Length of time to understand the Irish accent	N	% of Respondents	Male		Female
			N	% of Respondents	N	% of Respondents
Under 6 months	197	53.4	140	52.2	57	56.4
6–11 months	59	16.0	46	17.2	13	12.9
1–2 years	36	9.8	23	8.6	13	12.9
2+ years	18	4.9	14	5.2	4	4.0
Never	14	3.8	8	3.0	6	5.9
NA	38	10.3	30	11.2	8	7.9
Total	362	98.1	261	97.4	101	100.0
Missing	7	1.9	7	2.6	-	-

Table 9. Means, SDs and correlations

	Mean	SD	1	2	3
1. General Adjustment	4.88	1.05	-
2. Interaction Adjustment	4.10	0.86	.122*	-
3. Work Adjustment	5.07	1.15	.711**	.097	-

Note: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-Tailed).