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Table 1 Bivariate analysis of background characteristics of students by gender

From: Career preferences of final year medical students at a medical school in Kenya–A cross sectional study

Variable

Gender

 
 

M (n = 76)

F (n = 79)

Odds ratio

p-value

 

n

%

n

%

(95 % CI)

 

Marital status

      

  Single

72

94.7

70

88.6

1.00

 

  Married

4

5.3

9

11.9

1.44 (0.68-7.86)

0.179

Location majority of life lived

      

  Rural

20

26.3

6

7.6

1.00

 

  Urban

56

73.7

73

92.4

4.34 (1.68-4.67)

a0.003

Religious affiliation

      

  Christian

56

73.7

67

84.8

1.0 (0.84-1.71)

0.144

  Muslim

15

19.7

9

11.4

0.5 (0.20-1.23)

0.133

  Hindu

4

5.3

2

2.5

0.5 (0.092-2.73)

0.144

  None

1

0.01

1

0.01

1.0 (0.06-15.98)

0.144

Profession Mother/female guardian

      

 non-medical

68

89.5

70

88.6

1.00

 

 Medical

8

10.5

9

11.4

1.09 (0.40-2.99)

0.863

Profession Father/male guardian

      

 non-medical

68

89.5

71

89.9

1.00

 

 Medical

8

10.5

8

10.1

0.96 (0.34-2.69)

0.935

Tuition fees

      

 self-sponsored

27

35.5

50

63.3

1.00

 

 government subsidy

49

64.5

29

36.7

0.32 (0.16-0.61)

a0.001

  1. asignificant at 0.05 level of alpha. n number of students in that category with % allocated proportion
  2. Odds Ratio expressed as female: male