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Table 4 Socio-demographic characteristics

From: Specialty preferences and influencing factors: a repeated cross-sectional survey of first- to sixth-year medical students in Jena, Germany

  

Survey 2014

 

Survey 2015

Survey 2016

Participating students in Jena 2014 (n = 322)

Response rate 18.5%

All medical students in Jena 2014 (n = 1740)

German medical students 2014 (n = 87,863)

Participating students in Jena 2015 (n = 217)

Response rate 12.2%

All medical students in Jena 2015 (n = 1782)

German medical students 2015 (n = 89,998)

Participating students in Jena 2016 (n = 181)

Response rate 9.2%

All medical students in Jena 2016 (n = 1971)

German medical students 2016 (n = 91,938)

Gender, n (%)

 Female

234 (72.0%)

1167 (67.1%)

53,352 (61%)

159 (72.6%)

1188 (66.7%)

54,638 (61%)

148 (81.3%)

1310 (66.5%)

56,240 (61.2%)

 Male

88 (27.1%)

573 (32.9%)

34,511 (39%)

58 (26.5%)

594 (33.3%)

35,360 (39%)

33 (18.1%)

661 (33.5%)

35,698 (38.8%)

 Not specified

3 (0.9%)

  

2 (0.9%)

  

1 (0.5%)

  

Age, median

24.0

24.8

not available

24.0

24.9

not available

24.0

24.5

not available

Civil status

 Single

110 (33.8%)

not available

not available

76 (34.7%)

not available

not available

73 (40.1%)

not available

not available

 In a relationship

179 (55.1%)

112 (51.1%)

86 (47.3%)

 Married

24 (7.4%)

12 (5.5%)

17 (9.3%)

 Not specified

12 (3.7%)

18 (8.2%)

6 (3.3%)

Children

 Yes

24 (7.4%)

not available

not available

15 (10.5%)

not available

not available

15 (8.2%)

not available

not available

 No

295 (90.8%)

196 (89.5%)

164 (90.1%)

 Not specified

6 (1.8%)

8 (3.7%)

3 (1.6%)