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