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Table 3 Bivariate analysis for second choice of specialization as distributed by gender

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

2nd Specialty

Males

Females

OR (95 % CI)

 

n

%

n

%

 

p-value

Anaesthesia

3

3.95

6

7.59

2.00 (0.48-8.30)

0.34

Academic medicine

1

1.32

2

2.53

1.95 (0.17-21.93)

0.589

Basic science

0

0

1

1.27

N/A

 

ENT

4

5.26

5

6.33

1.21 (0.31-4.71)

0.772

Family medicine/GP

3

3.95

4

5.06

1.30 (0.28-6.00)

0.739

Internal Medicine

5

6.58

3

3.8

0.56 (0.13-2.43)

0.439

Obs/Gyn

6

7.89

4

5.06

0.62 (0.16-2.30)

0.477

Ophthalmology

0

0

3

3.8

N/A

0.086

Orthopaedics

9

11.84

0

0

N/A

 

Paediatrics

5

6.58

16

20.25

3.60 (1.24-10.41)

a0.018

Pathology

1

1.32

0

0

N/A

 

Public health

8

10.53

12

5.19

1.52 (0.59-3.96)

0.389

Radiology

3

3.95

4

5.06

1.30 (0.28-6.00)

0.738

Surgery

19

25

10

12.66

0.43 (0.18-1.01)

0.053

Psychiatry

1

1.32

0

0

N/A

 

Not decided

5

6.58

6

7.59

1.17 (0.34-3.99)

0.805

Non-medical (leave medicine)

3

3.95

3

3.8

0.96 (0.18-4.92)

0.961

Total

76

100

79

100

  
  1. aSignificant at alpha level 0.05, N/A not applicable, n number of students selecting a particular specialty with % proportion
  2. Odds ratio represents female: male preference for a particular specialty