Comparing gender awareness in Dutch and Swedish first-year medical students - results from a questionaire

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Comparison of results on the N-GAMS subscales

	Male (n = 188) Mean (SD)	Female (n = 428) Mean (SD)	Male (n = 221) Mean (SD)	Female (n = 259) Mean (SD)	F (df)	sig	η²	F	sig	η²	F	sig
	The Netherlands		Sweden		Main effect country			Main effect sex			Interaction effect
GS	3.43 (0.58)	3.43 (0.53)	3.30 (0.66)	3.37 (0.64)	5.87 (3, 1054)	0.016	0.006		NS			NS
GRIP	2.52 (0.59)	2.27 (0.51)	1.96 (0.74)	1.70 (0.59)	221.34 (3, 1076)	< 0.001	0.171	43.97	< 0.001	0.039		NS
GRID	2.44 (0.60)	2.43 (0.55)	2.07 (0.76)	2.00 (0.72)	93.96 (3, 1073)	< 0.001	0.081		NS			NS

Univariate analysis of variance used, significant results shown.
GS: gender sensitivity, GRI-P: gender role ideology towards patients, GRI-D: gender role ideology towards doctors.
N represents total number of participants, missing values excluded: GS 3.8%, n = 38, GRI-P 1.5%, n = 16, GRI-D 1.7%, n = 19.

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