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2. Methods 2.1. Quantitative study on the working conditions We performed a quantitative study on the working conditions for academical employees at a medical faculty in Germany by analysing the employment contracts over a period of four years (2012 – 2015). Analysis of employment contracts Reconciliation of family and career 2012-2015 (PhD, MD only) 2013-2015 Type of contract (first vs. continued employment) + Gender (m/f) + + Academic title + Contract duration (Cod) in months + Weekly working time (wwt) in % + + Tariff classification + + Age + + Maternity protection y/n + Parental leave without working y/n + Table 1. Overview of the data collected A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed with the test statistic Wilks' lambda and the factors gender and contract type. As dependent variables we indicated duration of the working contract (cod) and weekly working time (wwt). Due to the exploratory question Bonferroni correction of level of significance was omitted. All in all we analyzed 2774 working contracts of the employees of the medical faculty concluded in the years 2012 – 2015. We divided the contracts into two groups based on the variable contract duration. Postdoc employees with the duration of their working contract shorter than 70 months belonged to group A, respectively group B included all postdoc employees having a contract duration longer than 70 months. MANOVA for fixed-term contracts For group A a MANOVA was conducted with the test statistic Wilks' lambda and the factors gender and type of contract (initial contract vs. extension). Dependent variables were contract duration and weekly working time. The sample consisted of all fixed-term contracts between 2012 and 2015 (2650 persons, of whom 1530 were women and 1120 were men). 28