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Table 3 AAU medical students’ reported place of initial practice of medicine and organization as well as area of specialization upon graduation by gender

From: Attitudes of undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University towards medical practice and migration, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Gender

Total, n (%)

p-value

 

Male, n (%)

Female, n (%)

  

Place to initially practice medical profession

    

 Rural areas

123 (30.4)

54 (27.7)

177 (29.5)

0.501

 Urban/city

106 (26.2)

62 (31.8)

168 (28.0)

0.151

 Abroad

93 (23.0)

33 (16.9)

126 (21.0)

0.089

 Any where

78 (19.3)

40 (20.5)

118 (19.7)

0.717

 Other

5 (1.2)

6 (3.1)

11 (1.8)

0.211

Organization in which to initially practice medicine

    

 Public sector

177 (43.7)

85 (43.6)

262 (43.7)

0.971

 Any organization/institution

62 (15.2)

43 (22.1)

105 (17.2)

0.042

 NGOs

66 (16.3)

35 (17.9)

101 (16.8)

0.612

 Organization in abroad

63 (15.6)

18 (9.2)

81 (13.5)

0.034

 Private sector

27 (6.7)

9 (4.6)

36 (6.0)

0.322

 Other

10 (2.5)

5 (2.6)

15 (2.5)

0.834

Area of specialization to pursue

    

 Clinical medicine

316 (78.0)

156 (80.0)

472 (78.7)

0.580

 Biomedical sciences

34 (8.4)

9 (4.6)

43 (7.2)

0.093

 Public health

28 (6.9)

10 (5.1)

38 (6.3)

0.400

 Other

27 (6.7)

20 (10.3)

47 (7.8)

0.125

Total, N (%)

405 (67.5)

195 (32.5)

600 (100)

 
  1. Note: P-values in bold are statistically significant (p < 0.005).
  2. Source: A survey conducted in June 2009 among 600 Addis Ababa University medical students in Ethiopia.