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Table 2 Importance of an evenly balanced gender ratio

From: How do applicants, students and physicians think about the feminisation of medicine? - a questionnaire-survey

Survey group

Item answer

Male

Female

Total

N (%)a

N (%)a

N (%)

Applicants

Very important

23 (35.9%)

56 (50.0%)

79 (44.9%)

Important

22 (34.4%)

34 (30.4%)

56 (31.8%)

Partly important

9 (14.1%)

15 (13.4%)

24 (13.6%)

Unimportant

6 (9.4%)

5 (4.5%)

11 (6.3%)

Very unimportant

4 (6.3%)

2 (1.8%)

6 (3.4%)

UQ

  

5

Total

64 (100.0%)

112 (100.0%)

176 (100.0%)

Medical students

Very important

42 (22.5%)

103 (27.0%)

146b (25.6%)

Important

74 (39.6%)

167 (43.8%)

243c (42.6%)

Partly important

38 (20.3%)

76 (19.9%)

114 (20.0%)

Unimportant

24 (12.8%)

26 (6.8%)

50 (8.8%)

Very unimportant

9 (4.8%)

9 (2.4%)

18 (3.2%)

UQ

  

19

Total

187 (100.0%)

381 (100.0%)

571 (100.0%)

Doctors

Very important

27 (24.1%)

25 (24.3%)

53a (24.5%)

Important

42 (37.5%)

36 (35.0%)

78 (36.1%)

Partly important

24 (21.4%)

22 (21.4%)

46 (21.3%)

Unimportant

15 (13.4%)

18 (17.5%)

33 (15.3%)

Very unimportant

4 (3.6%)

2 (1.9%)

6 (2.8%)

UQ

  

9

Total

112 (100.0%)

103 (100.0%)

216 (100.0%)

  1. aThe percentage refers to the respective ratio of female or male survey participants
  2. bOne entry for “very important” without declaration of gender
  3. c Two entries for “important” without declaration of gender