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Table 1 Distribution of the control variables according to the year of medical school

From: Medical students’ personal choice for mode of delivery in Santa Catarina, Brazil: a cross-sectional, quantitative study

Variable

First-Year

Sixth-Year

p-value*

n

%

n

%

Gender

 Male

61

62.9

40

43.5

0.008

 Female

36

37.1

52

56.5

 

Monthly family income**

 < 5,000 reais

46

48.4

22

25.0

0.003

 5,000-10,000 reais

23

24.2

37

42.0

 

 > 10,000 reais

26

27.4

29

33.0

 

Place of birth † **

 < 200,000 inhabitants

49

51

36

39.6

0.115

 > 200,000 inhabitants

47

49

55

60.4

 

Skin color ‡ **

 White

81

84.4

88

96.7

0.004

 Black/brown

15

15.6

3

3.3

 

Child(ren) §

 No

96

99.0

91

98.9

0.738

 Yes

1

1.0

1

1.1

 

How were you born?

 Vaginal delivery

44

45.4

41

45.1

0.966

 Cesarean section

53

54.6

50

54.9

 
  1. * Values obtained using the chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate.
  2. Municipalities classified according to demographic data obtained from IBGE. [26].
  3. None of the students described themselves as being a native Indian.
  4. § Two abortions were reported by students in the sixth year.
  5. ** The total number of answers does not reach 100% because some of the students declined to answer some of the questions.