Table 1

Frequency distribution of "statements for" (n = 1,640 responses) and "statements against" (n = 1,703 responses) a career in medicine given by 264 male and 303 female residents, ranked by "statements for a career in medicine"


Statements for a career in medicine
Statements against a career in medicine
Category
Males
n (%)
Females
n (%)
p
Males
n (%)
Females
n (%)
p

Personal experiences in day-to-day working life
291 (38.7)
385 (43.4)
n.s.
80 (10.2)
124 (13.5)
< 0.05
Interpersonal experiences in professional relationships
208 (27.7)
264 (29.7)
n.s.
49 (6.2)
65 (7.1)
n.s.
General work-related structural conditions
79 (10.5)
73 (8.2)
n.s.
235 (29.9)
306 (33.3)
n.s.
Further training and speciality-qualification conditions
57 (7.6)
65 (7.3)
n.s.
64 (8.2)
75 (8.2)
n.s.
Enjoyment/Meaning
39 (5.2)
54 (6.1)
n.s.
3 (0.4)
7 (0.8)
n.s.
Social prestige and health-policy aspects
36 (4.8)
21 (2.4)
< 0.05
195 (24.8)
160 (17.4)
< 0.01
Income
13 (1.7)
7 (0.8)
n.s.
114 (14.5)
84 (9.2)
< 0.01
Leisure/Private life
0 (0)
1 (0.1)
1)
43 (5.5)
95 (10.3)
< 0.001
Not codable
29 (3.9)
18 (2.0)
0.03
2 (0.3)
2 (0.2)
n.s.
Total
752 (100)
888 (100)

785 (100)
918 (100)


1) Computation of Chi2 is not calculable because the total is too low (n = 1).

Buddeberg-Fischer et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:98   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-98