Table 3 Characteristics of all respondents (N = 1478), respondents of the first stage of education (N = 679) and the second stage of education(N = 396)
From: Gender differences in medical students’ motives and career choice
Characteristics | All respondents | Respondents first education stage | Respondents second education stage | Respondents unknown education stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Average age | 22.8 | 20.6 | 23.9 | 23.8 |
Gender: men | 27.8% | 28.3% (N = 192) | 26.0% (N = 103) | 28.8% (N = 116) |
women | 72.1% | 71.7% (N = 487) | 74.0% (N = 293) | 71.0% (N = 286) |
Living together: men | 16.5% (N = 67) | 8.9% (N = 17) | 23.3% (N = 24) | 6.5% (N = 26) |
women | 20.6% (N = 220) | 12.3% (N = 60) | 28.3% (N = 83) | 19.1% (N = 77) |
Stage of education: first stage | 45.9% (N = 679) | |||
second stage | 26.8% (N = 396) | |||
unknown | 27.3% (N = 403) | |||
Choice of continuing medical education: | ||||
General practice | 9.7% (N = 144) | 8.2% (N = 56) | 10.1% (N = 40) | 11.9% (N = 48) |
Medical specialty | 61.9% (N = 915) | 57.4% (N = 390) | 67.2% (N = 266) | 64.3% (N = 259) |
do not know | 21.6 (N = 319) | 29.2% (N = 198) | 14,1% (N = 56) | 16.1% (N = 65) |
other | 5.7% (N = 84) | 3.5% (N = 24) | 7,9% (N = 31) | 5,2% (N = 21) |
missing | 1.0% (N = 16) | 0.4% (N = 3) | 0.8% (N = 3) | 2,5% (N = 10) |
Medical specialty choice: | ||||
Surgery specialty | 21.5% (N = 318) | 20.2% (N = 137) | 23.7% (N = 94) | 21.6% (N = 87) |
Non-surgery specialty | 25.2% (N = 373) | 19.4% (N = 132) | 31.1% (N = 123) | 29.3% (N = 118) |
others | 17%% (N = 148) | 18.7% (N = 73) | 13.9% (N = 37) | 14.7% (N = 38) |
missing | 3.0%) (N = 32) | 5.4% (N = 21) | 1.6% (N = 4) | 2.7% (N = 7) |