Table 2 Mean, standard deviation and standard error of specialisation choice motivation items, derived from question D3 of the questionnaire (decreasing order of importance, the numbering of the items indicates the order of items in the questionnaire)
From: The role of controllable lifestyle in the choice of specialisation among Hungarian medical doctors
D3 | Please evaluate the following items according to the extent they influenced your choice of specialization (1 = not at all, 5 = definitive influence)! | Mean | Standard deviation | Standard error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Focus of my interest | 4.26 | 1.02 | 0.05 |
2 | Professional challenges | 3.82 | 1.16 | 0.06 |
13 | Relation with patients | 3.55 | 1.37 | 0.06 |
9 | Lifestyle | 2.83 | 1.42 | 0.06 |
11 | Innovation opportunities | 2.68 | 1.39 | 0.06 |
14 | Good job opportunities | 2.65 | 1.22 | 0.04 |
12 | Social prestige | 2.51 | 1.26 | 0.06 |
7 | Opportunities to work abroad | 2.41 | 1.34 | 0.07 |
5 | Prestige among medical doctors | 2.35 | 1.20 | 0.07 |
3 | Scientific career | 2.10 | 1.17 | 0.07 |
4 | It just happened this way | 2.10 | 1.47 | 0.07 |
10 | Salary | 1.96 | 1.11 | 0.08 |
8 | Family influence | 1.84 | 1.16 | 0.07 |
6 | Informal payment | 1.44 | 0.85 | 0.06 |