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Percentage (and numbers) of respondents who specified Ophthalmology as their first, second or third choice of eventual career at one (1974–2002), three (1974–2000) and five (1974–1980, 1993 & 1996) years after graduation |
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| Percentages (numbers) choosing Ophthalmology |
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Year Three |
Year Five |
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| Cohort |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
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| 1974 |
1.7 (24) |
0.9 (5) |
1.5 (29) |
2.1 (22) |
1.4 (6) |
1.9 (28) |
1.5 (19) |
1.8 (9) |
1.6 (28) |
| 1977 |
2.8 (50) |
2.1 (18) |
2.6 (68) |
1.7 (27) |
1.7 (13) |
1.7 (40) |
1.8 (31) |
1.4 (12) |
1.7 (43) |
| 1980 |
2.9 (53) |
3.6 (36) |
3.1 (89) |
2.3 (42) |
1.7 (17) |
2.1 (59) |
1.7 (29) |
1.3 (13) |
1.5 (42) |
| 1983 |
3.3 (62) |
1.8 (23) |
2.7 (85) |
2.5 (45) |
1.1 (13) |
1.9 (58) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1993 |
4.6 (60) |
2.4 (32) |
3.5 (92) |
2.2 (31) |
1.9 (26) |
2.1 (57) |
2.2 (29) |
1.7 (23) |
1.9 (52) |
| 1996 |
3.0 (42) |
2.4 (37) |
2.7 (79) |
1.8 (23) |
1.7 (25) |
1.8 (48) |
2.1 (25) |
1.1 (15) |
1.6 (40) |
| 1999 |
4.0 (46) |
2.1 (33) |
2.9 (79) |
2.9 (32) |
1.7 (24) |
2.2 (56) |
2.4 (28) |
1.3 (19) |
1.8 (47) |
| 2000 |
4.2 (55) |
2.0 (33) |
3.0 (88) |
3.4 (45) |
1.9 (31) |
2.6 (76) |
2.6 (31) |
1.3 (19) |
1.8 (50) |
| 2002 |
4.9 (53) |
2.4 (41) |
3.4 (94) |
3.3 (35) |
1.0 (17) |
1.9 (52) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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| Total |
3.4 (445) |
2.3 (258) |
2.9 (703) |
2.4 (302) |
1.6 (172) |
2.0 (474) |
2.0 (192) |
1.4 (110) |
1.7 (302) |
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Numbers of respondents were 13164 (Men), 11457 (Women) and 24621 (Total) in Year One; 12420 (Men), 11048 (Women) and 23468 (Total) in Year Three; 9561 (Men), 8128 (women) and 17689 (Total) in Year Five. Chi-square test for linear trend – year 1; men χ21 = 22.9 (p < 0.001); women χ21 = 0.04 (p = 0.84); total χ21 = 7.7 (p = 0.005) – year three; men 7.0 (p = 0.008); women 0.01 (p = 0.91); total 1.5 (p = 0.23) – year five; men 5.8 (p = 0.02); women 0.5 (p = 0.48); total 0.7 (p = 0.40). | |||||||||
Lambert et al. BMC Ophthalmology 2008 8:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2415-8-3 |
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