Table 4 Country response rates, demographics, and likelihood of choosing psychiatry
From: Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey
Country | Number of responses | Sample size | Response rate % | Age, mean (SD) | International student N (%) | Ethnic minority N (%) | Male gender N (%) | No way would choose psychiatry N (%) | Seriously considering psychiatry N (%) | Definitely considering psychiatry N (%) | Likely to choose psychiatry N (%)‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 136 | 385 | 35% | 24.6 (1.7) | O (0%) | 5 (4%) | 37 (28%) | 37 (28%) | 21 (16%) | 8 (6%) | 29 (22%) |
Czech Republic | 78 | 239 | 33% | 25.2 (1.0) | 14 (21%) | 6 (9%) | 22 (32%) | 22 (31%) | 6 (8%) | 5 (7%) | 11 (15%) |
France | 114 | 446 | 26% | 24.8 (1.1) | 0 (0%) | (*) | 35 (32%) | 45 (40%) | 15 (13%) | 13 (12%) | 28 (25%) |
Italy | 104 | 360 | 29% | 25.2 (1.2) | 0 (0%) | (*) | 38 (37%) | 41 (39%) | 15 (14%) | 6 (6%) | 21 (20%) |
Israel | 173 | 534 | 32% | 27.9 (2.9) | 16 (9%) | 11 (6%) | 83 (48%) | 40 (23%) | 35 (20%) | 5 (3%) | 40 (23%) |
Germany | 323 | 2000 | 16% | 23.8 (3.9) | 6 (2%) | 18 (6%) | 98 (31%) | 87 (27%) | 69 (22%) | 8 (3%) | 77 (24%) |
Switzerland | 60 | 221 | 27% | 25.8 (2.2) | 4 (7%) | 9 (16%) | 22 (39%) | 18 (31%) | 8 (14%) | 2 (3%) | 10 (17%) |
UK | 291 | 1810 | 16% | 24.7 (4.6) | 22 (8%) | 74 (27%) | 99 (37%) | 65 (23%) | 53 (19%) | 6 (2%) | 59 (21%) |
Canada | 127 | 592 | 21% | 24.6 (4.1) | 2 (2%) | 30 (25%) | 26 (21%) | 21 (17%) | 21 (17%) | 5 (4%) | 26 (21%) |
Brazil | 13 | 307 | 4% | 24.8 (2.6) | 0 (0%) | 2 (17%) | 8 (67%) | 9 (75%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) |
Chile | 40 | 440 | 9% | 24.4 (1.9) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (58%) | 14 (36%) | 9 (23%) | 3 (8%) | 12 (31%) |
Hong Kong | 45 | 250 | 18% | 23.7 (2.1) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 24 (53%) | 5 (11%) | 8 (18%) | 4 (9%) | 12 (27%) |
India | 66 | 263 | 25% | 22.2 (1.1) | 8 (13%) | 11 (17%) | 24 (38%) | 12 (19%) | 5 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 6 (9%) |
Iraq | 71 | 296 | 24% | 22.7 (1.0) | 23 (35%) | 20 (31%) | 31 (48%) | 13 (19%) | 14 (21%) | 8 (12%) | 22 (33%) |
Japan | 145 | 200 | 73% | 22.9 (2.2) | (*) | (*) | 112 (79%) | 37 (29%) | 10 (8%) | 1 (1%) | 11 (9%) |
Kenya | 182 | 254 | 72% | 24.8 (1.8) | 28 (18%) | 1 (1%) | 75 (45%) | 5 (3%) | 7 (4%) | 12 (7%) | 19 (12%) |
Nigeria | 95 | 104 | 91% | 24.3 (2.1) | 8 (9%) | 6 (8%) | 48 (55%) | 18 (24%) | 3 (4%) | 3 (4%) | 6 (8%) |
South Africa | 70 | 360 | 19% | 23.9 (1.6) | 6 (9%) | 38 (55%) | 27 (40%) | 19 (27%) | 8 (11%) | 1 (1%) | 9 (13%) |
Tanzania | 9† | (*) | (*) | 26.7 (1.7) | 1 (13%) | 1 (11%) | 4 (44%) | 2 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (%) | 0 (0%) |
Uganda | 56 | 74 | 76% | 24.3 (1.5) | 2 (4%) | 5 (9%) | 34 (61%) | 17 (34%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
Combined | 2189 | 9135 | 24% | 24.6 (3.1) | 141 (7%) | 237 (14%) | 869 (41%) | 527 (25%) | 307 (15%) | 93 (4%) | 400 (19%) |