Table 4

Relationship between background variables and outcome on N-GAMS subscales through linear regression stratified by country

Variable

Categories

GS

GRIP

GRID

Dutch

Swedish

Dutch

Swedish

Dutch

Swedish

Sex

Man (ref)

Woman

-0.013

0.077

-0.217***

-0.189***

0.005

-0.043

Age

0.158***

0.186**

-0.025

-0.190**

0.040

-0.084

Birth country

Country of study (ref)

Other

0.059

0.008

0.001

0.052

-0.025

0.084

Sexuality

Heterosexual (ref)

Other

-0.007

0.095

0.003

-0.067

-0.028

0.015

Civil status

Single (ref)

Cohabiting/Married

0.046

-0.023

-0.042

0.029

-0.060

0.002

Birth country father

Country of study (ref)

Other

-0.166*

-0.094

0.045

0.008

0.124

-0.013

Birth country mother

Country of study (ref)

Other

-0.003

0.053

0.025

-0.063

-0.068

-0.020

Education father

Low (ref)

Intermediate

-0.080

0.098

-0.254

0.064

0.084

0.095

High

-0.023

0.172

-0.290

0.039

0.032

0.087

Education Mother

Low (ref)

Intermediate

0.018

-0.111

0.305

-0.332**

0.231

-0.261*

High

0.102

-0.068

0.289

-0.319*

0.179

-0.231

Working status father

No work (ref)

Part-time

-0.025

0.041

0.069

-0.033

0.115

-0.068

Full-time

0.031

0.092

0.107

-0.017

0.150*

-0.048

status mother

No work (ref)

Part-time

0.024

-0.115

-0.023

-0.091

0.026

-0.090

Full-time

-0.026

-0.130

0.029

-0.073

0.029

-0.071

R² total

0.036

0.031

0.041

0.052

0.005

-0.009

GS: gender sensitivity, GRI-P: gender role ideology towards patients, GRI-D: gender role ideology towards doctors.

Numbers shown are standardized regression coefficient (Beta).

*p < 0.05

** p < 0.01

***p < 0.001

Andersson et al. BMC Medical Education 2012 12:3   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-12-3