Decaluwe Frida, De Boever J A
Service de Prothèse fixée et de Parodontologie, Université de Gand.
Rev Belge Med Dent (1984). 2002;57(4):293-313.
Women's participation in the professions is steadily increasing. This study is a quantitative assessment of male and female career patterns in dentistry and of the role of marriage in any gender gap. A 1997 survey explored the professional activity of Flemish dentists. There is no educational disparity between dentists, female dentists enter the profession on an equal footing with their male colleagues. Therefore any other career influencing factors reveal themselves relatively clearly. Dependent variable was income; independent variables were gender and marriage. Female dentists scored lower than male dentists in each career phase; marriage made no significant difference. However, marriage turned out to be an important positive factor in the career of male dentists. Women dentists marry significantly later and less than their male colleagues. Further research, also of a qualitative nature, is necessary to evaluate the professional and social impact of this substantial gender difference.
女性在职业领域的参与度正在稳步上升。本研究是对牙科领域男性和女性职业模式以及婚姻在任何性别差距中所起作用的定量评估。1997年的一项调查探究了弗拉芒地区牙医的职业活动。牙医之间不存在教育差距，女牙医与男同事在进入该职业时处于平等地位。因此，任何其他影响职业的因素都相对清晰地显现出来。因变量是收入；自变量是性别和婚姻状况。在每个职业阶段，女牙医的得分都低于男牙医；婚姻状况并无显著差异。然而，婚姻对男牙医的职业发展却是一个重要的积极因素。女牙医结婚的时间明显比男同事晚，结婚率也低于男同事。有必要开展进一步研究，包括定性研究，以评估这种显著的性别差异对职业和社会的影响。
