Mortgage on primary residence
• 67 percent of male physicians
• 67 percent of female physicians
Car loan payments
• 38 percent of male physicians
• 38 percent of female physicians
Paying off your own college or medical school loans
• 25 percent of male physicians
• 35 percent of female physicians
College for children
• 24 percent of male physicians
• 19 percent of female physicians
Car lease payments
• 19 percent of male physicians
• 14 percent of female physicians
Private school tuition for children
• 17 percent of male physicians
• 15 percent of female physicians
Mortgage on second home
• 17 percent of male physicians
• 15 percent of female physicians
Significant other’s school loans
• 13 percent of male physicians
• 12 percent of female physicians
Graduate school tuition for children
• 8 percent of male physicians
• 6 percent of female physicians
Other
• 14 percent of male physicians
• 16 percent of female physicians
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