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Table 1 Characteristics of female and male medical students

From: Gender difference in preference of specialty as a career choice among Japanese medical students

 

Total

Women

Men

P-value

Characteristics

N = 368

N = 141

N = 227

Age, years

21 ± 4

21 ± 3

22 ± 4

0.258

Academic year

 1st-2nd

179 (48.6)

68 (48.2)

111 (48.9)

0.915

 3rd-5th

189 (51.4)

73 (51.8)

116 (51.1)

Admission from hometown

 Yes

168 (45.7)

64 (45.4)

104 (45.8)

1.000

 No

200 (54.3)

77 (54.6)

123 (54.2)

Public high school graduation

 Yes

195 (53.0)

76 (53.9)

119 (52.4)

0.830

 No

173 (47.0)

65 (46.1)

108 (47.6)

Combined junior high and high school graduation

 Yes

164 (44.6)

64 (45.4)

100 (44.1)

0.830

 No

204 (55.4)

77 (54.6)

127 (55.9)

Admission by a special policy

 Yes

23 (6.3)

6 (4.3)

17 (7.5)

0.270

 No

345 (93.8)

135 (95.7)

210 (92.5)

Student preparing for the entrance exam next year

 Yes

175 (47.6)

55 (39.0)

120 (52.9)

0.010

 No

193 (52.4)

86 (61.0)

107 (47.1)

Presence of medical relatives

 Yes

162 (44.0)

63 (44.7)

99 (43.6)

0.914

 No

206 (56.0)

78 (55.3)

128 (56.4)

Growing up in a rural area

 Yes

47 (12.8)

19 (13.5)

28 (12.3)

0.750

 No

321 (87.2)

122 (86.5)

199 (87.7)

Presence of a role model

 Yes

152 (41.3)

67 (47.5)

85 (37.4)

0.064

 No

216 (58.7)

74 (52.5)

142 (62.6)

  1. Data are presented as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation. P-value from Mann-Whitney U-test for continuing variables and χ2-test for categorical variables. Bold numbers indicate significance (p < 0.05)