Table 3 Demographic characteristics associated with career choice regret
From: Relationship between burnout and career choice regret among Chinese neurology postgraduates
Characteristics | Career choice regret | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
With | Neutral | Without | P | |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 266 (44.9%) | 112 (18.9%) | 215 (36.3%) | 0.57 |
 Female | 577 (47.5%) | 217 (17.9%) | 421 (34.7%) |  |
Academic year | ||||
 First-year, master’s degree | 167 (42.7%) | 63 (16.1%) | 161 (41.2%) | <  0.01 |
 Second-year, master’s degree | 251 (45.5%) | 120 (21.7%) | 181 (32.8%) |  |
 Third-year, master’s degree | 295 (48.5%) | 103 (16.9%) | 210 (34.5%) |  |
 First-year, doctor’s degree | 29 (36.7%) | 21 (26.6%) | 29 (36.7%) |  |
 Second-year, doctor’s degree | 41 (56.2%) | 12 (16.4%) | 20 (27.4%) |  |
 Third-year, doctor’s degree | 40 (58.8%) | 6 (8.8%) | 22 (32.4%) |  |
Degree type | ||||
 Clinical practice | 600 (48.4%) | 210 (16.9%) | 430 (34.7%) | 0.03 |
 Academic practice | 225 (42.3%) | 114 (21.4%) | 193 (36.3%) |  |
Family income (yuan per month) | ||||
  < 5000 | 435 (48.4%) | 133 (14.8%) | 330 (36.7%) | <  0.01 |
 5000–10,000 | 275 (45.6%) | 101 (16.7%) | 227 (37.6%) |  |
 10,000–15,000 | 76 (43.2%) | 51 (29.0%) | 49 (27.8%) |  |
  > 15,000 | 51 (41.1%) | 43 (34.7%) | 30 (24.2%) |  |
Scores of postgraduate entrance examination | ||||
  < 300 | 99 (45.2%) | 34 (15.5%) | 86 (39.3%) | 0.51 |
 300–330 | 335 (48.1%) | 126 (18.1%) | 236 (33.9%) |  |
 330–360 | 185 (43.8%) | 88 (20.9%) | 149 (35.3%) |  |
  > 360 | 86 (44.8%) | 34 (17.7%) | 72 (37.5%) |  |
Hours worked or studied per week (h) | ||||
  < 35 | 62 (47.0%) | 18 (13.6%) | 52 (39.4%) | 0.14 |
 35–45 | 193 (45.2%) | 70 (16.4%) | 164 (38.4%) |  |
 45–55 | 225 (26.8%) | 102 (31.3%) | 185 (29.2%) |  |
  > 55 | 361 (49.5%) | 136 (18.6%) | 233 (31.9%) |  |
Hours slept per day (h) | ||||
  < 6 | 122 (54.7%) | 44 (19.7%) | 57 (25.6%) | <  0.01 |
 6–8 | 671 (46.0%) | 253 (17.3%) | 536 (36.7%) |  |
 8–10 | 50 (39.7%) | 32 (25.4%) | 44 (34.9%) |  |
Marital status | ||||
 Married | 167 (55.3%) | 46 (15.2%) | 89 (29.5%) | <  0.01 |
 Unmarried | 676 (44.9%) | 282 (18.8%) | 546 (36.3%) |  |
Whether have children | ||||
 Without | 551 (45.1%) | 221 (18.1%) | 449 (36.8%) | 0.11 |
 Have | 293 (49.8%) | 107 (18.2%) | 188 (32.0%) |  |
Whether to work part-time once | ||||
 Without | 498 (44.7%) | 214 (19.2%) | 403 (36.1%) | 0.06 |
 Have | 344 (50.2%) | 112 (16.4%) | 229 (33.4%) |  |