Table 4 Comparison between younger and older age groups regarding the percentage of their responses to some economic aspects
From: Economic and emotional impact of COVID-19 pandemic on phoniatricians’ practice in Egypt
≤ 40 years | >40 years | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q9 Working hours before pandemic | >25 | 45.5 | 44 | 0.580 |
20–25h | 21.8 | 24 | ||
10–19h | 14.5 | 24 | ||
<10 h+ Not working | 18.2 | 8 | ||
Q10 Working hours during pandemic | ≥10 | 21.8 | 24 | 0.474 |
<10 | 36.4 | 48 | ||
Not working | 41.8 | 28 | ||
Q11 Negative effect on practice | A lot | 83.6 | 80 | 0.692 |
A little/not at all | 16.4 | 20 | ||
Q13 Relation between expenses & income | Balance+ income exceeds expenses | 43.6 | 44 | 0.976 |
Expenses exceed income | 56.4 | 56 | ||
Q23 Main source of financial income during pandemic | Governmental salary | 61.8 | 72 | No p value due to small number of cases within the subgroups |
Online sessions | 5.5 | 0 | ||
Private practice | 7.3 | 0 | ||
Other practices than phoniatrics | 7.3 | 8 | ||
More than one of the above | 18.2 | 20 | ||
Q24 Thinking about Plan B, C | Yes | 40 | 16 | 0.105 |
No | 30.9 | 44 | ||
Did not find any idea to help | 29.1 | 40 | ||
Q25 Thinking about career shift | Yes | 38.2 | 12 | 0.018* |
Q29 Infection with coronavirus | Confirmed & suspected cases | 25.5 | 0 | 0.005* |