Table 5 Percentage distribution of the final year dental students with strong interest in each career preference according to their background factors (n = 179)
Career preference | Sex | Age | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Men | Women | P | > 27 yrs | 27-29 yrs | < 29 years | P | |||||||||
% | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | |
Public oral health and research (To work as a dentist in the primary health care System; To work or study in the field of oral public health; To be a researcher in dentistry) | 44.1 | 0.44 (0.50) | 48.1 | 0.48 (0.50) | 38.4 | 0.38 (0.49) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 39.0 | 0.39 (0.49) | 43.9 | 0.44 (0.50) | 53.3 | 0.53 (0.50) | 0.30 | 0.31 |
To be a shareholder in an incorporated practice | 46.4 | 0.46 (0.50) | 49.1 | 0.49 (0.50) | 42.5 | 0.42 (0.50) | 0.39 | 0.39 | 50.7 | 0.51 (0.50) | 45.6 | 0.46 (0.50) | 40.0 | 0.40 (0.50) | 0.52 | 0.52 |