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Table 1 Socio-demographics of the 250 included female and male students

From: To select or be selected – gendered experiences in clinical training affect medical students’ specialty preferences

Category

Variable

All

(N = 250)

Women

N = 146 (58%)

Mean (SD)

Men

N = 104 (42%)

Mean (SD)

Age

 

Range: 23–55

Mean: 28.33

SD: 4.32

Median: 27

Range: 23–55

Mean: 28.03

SD: 4.45

Median: 27

Range: 23–49

Mean: 28.74

SD: 4.13

Median: 28

Civil status

Not cohabiting

102 (40.8)

58 (39.7)

44 (42.3)

Cohabiting/married

148 (59.2)

88 (60.3)

60 (57.7)

Children

No

214 (85.6)

127 (87.0)

87 (83.7)

Yes

36 (14.4)

19 (13.0)

17 (16.3)

Sexual orientation

Heterosexual

235 (94.0)

135 (92.5)

100 (96.2)

Homo, bi, or queer

15 (6.0)

11 (7.5)

4 (3.8)

Country of birth

Sweden

233 (93.2)

138 (94.5)

95 (91.3)

Other than Sweden

17 (6.8)

8 (5.5)

9 (8.7)

Parents’ country of birth other than Sweden

Both

18 (7.2)

9 (6.2)

9 (8.7)

One

16 (6.4)

12 (8.2)

4 (3.8)

None

216 (86.4)

125 (85.6)

91 (87.5)

Parents with higher educationa

Both

167 (66.8)

97 (66.4)

70 (67.3)

One

52 (20.8)

34 (23.3)

18 (17.3)

None

30 (12.0)

14 (9.6)

16 (15.4)

Parents’ occupation physician

Both

6 (2.4)

3 (2.1)

3 (2.9)

One

50 (20.0)

32 (21.9)

18 (17.3)

None

194 (77.6)

111 (76.0)

83 (79.8)

  1. aAnswer from one female student missing