Table 4.1

Frequency distribution of "statements for" a career in medicine (n = 1,640 responses) given by 442 residents who would go into medicine again and 117 residents who would not, as well as by 8 residents not giving a response.


Statements for a career in medicine
Category
Statements of residents who would go into medicine again
n (%)
Statements of residents who would not go into medicine again
n (%)
No response in terms of choosing medicine again or not
n (%)
p

Personal experiences in day-to-day working life
536 (41.4)
128 (39.5)
12 (54.5)
n.s.
Interpersonal experiences in professional relationships
372 (28.7)
95 (29.3)
5 (22.7)
n.s.
General work-related structural conditions
106 (8.2)
44 (13.6)
2 (9.1)
<0.05
Further training and speciality qualification conditions
99 (7.7)
22 (6.8)
1 (4.5)
n.s.
Enjoyment/Meaning
83 (6.4)
9 (2.8)
1 (4.5)
<0.01
Social prestige and health- policy aspects
50 (3.9)
6 (1.9)
1 (4.5)
n.s.
Income
14 (1.1)
6 (1.9)
0 (0)
n.s.
Leisure/Private life
1 (0.1)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1)
Not codable
33 (2.6)
14 (4.3)
0 (0)
n.s.
Total
1294 (100.0)
324 (100.0)
22 (100.0)


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