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Table 1 Social and demographic data, and career aspirations, analysis by gender

From: Career aspirations among specialty residents in France: a cross-sectional gender-based comparison

 

All specialties

medical specialties

surgical specialties

Gynecology-Obstetrics

Anesthesia & resuscitation

total n = 462

men

n = 98

women

n = 195

p value

men

n = 31

women

n = 16

p value

men

n = 10

women

n = 57

p value

men

n = 34

women

n = 21

p value

Age: Mean (DS)

27,08 (0,091)

26,82 (2,04)

26,99 (1,99)

.486

27,26 (1,93)

27,38 (1,74)

.840

27,20 (1,47)

27,33 (1,97)

.840

27,56 (1,94)

27,24 (1,75)

.540

semester of residency [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]: Median [25–75]

5 [3;7]

5 [3;7]

5 [3;7]

.933

5 [3;8]

6,5 [5;7]

.342

4,5 [2;6]

6 [2;8]

.361

5 [3;8]

7 [5;9]

.531

marital status

   

.431

  

.931

  

.634

  

.368

 single

134 (29,0%)

34 (34,7%)

54 (27,7%)

 

9 (29,0%)

4 (25,0%)

 

4 (40,0%)

16 (28,1%)

 

6 (17,6%)

7 (33,3%)

 

 attached

272 (58,9%)

54 (55,1%)

122 (62,6%)

 

19 (61,3%)

10 (62,5%)

 

4 (40,0%)

32 (56,1%)

 

20 (58,8%)

11 (52,4%)

 

 married

56 (12,1%)

10 (10,2%)

19 (9,7%)

 

3 (9,7%)

2 (12,5%)

 

2 (20,0%)

9 (15,8%)

 

8 (23,5%)

21 (38,2%)

 

number of children

   

.669

  

.945

  

.052

  

.425

 0

425 (92,0%)

10 (10,2%)

12 (6,2%)

 

1 (3,2%)

0 (0,0%)

 

0 (0,0%)

1 (1,8%)

 

4 (11,8%)

2 (9,5%)

 

 1

24 (5,2%)

4 (4,1%)

10 (5,1%)

 

1 (3,2%)

1 (6,3%)

 

2 (20,0%)

1 (1,8%)

 

2 (5,9%)

1 (6,3%)

 

 2

9 (1,9%)

48 (49,0%)

96 (49,2%)

 

15 (48,4%)

8 (50,0%)

 

5 (50,0%)

31 (54,4%)

 

17 (50,0%)

10 (47,6%)

 

 3

1 (0,2%)

26 (26,5%)

61 (31,3%)

 

12 (38,7%)

6 (37,5%)

 

2 (20,0%)

23 (40,4%)

 

5 (14,7%)

7 (33,3%)

 

  > 3

3 (0,6%)

10 (10,2%)

16 (8,2%)

 

2 (6,5%)

1 (6,3%)

 

1 (10,0%)

1 (1,8%)

 

6 (17,6%)

1 (4,6%)

 

academic partner *

   

.218

  

.492

  

.271

  

.444

 no

264/328 (80,5%)

56/64 (87,5%)

109/141(77,3%)

 

19/22 (86,4%)

9 (75,0%)

 

4/6 (66,7%)

31/41(75,6%)

 

23/28 (82,1%)

13/14 (92,9%)

 

 doesn’t know

15/328 (4,6%)

1/64 (1,6%)

6/141 (4,3%)

 

1/22 (4,5%)

2 (16,7%)

 

1/6 (16,7%)

1/41 (2,4%)

 

2/28 (7,1%)

1/14 (7,1%)

 

 yes

49/328 (14,9%)

7/64 (10,9%)

26/141 (18,4%)

 

2 /22(9,1%)

1 (8,3%)

 

1/6 (16,7%)

9/41 (22,0%)

 

3/28 (10,7%)

0/14 (0,0%)

partner support *

   

.433

  

.904

  

.257

  

.472

 no

27/328 (8,2%)

8/64 (12,5%)

10/141(7,1%)

 

2/22 (9,1%)

1/12 (8,3%)

 

1/6 (16,7%)

1/41(2,4%)

 

2/28 (7,1%)

2/14 (14,3%)

 

 doesn’t know

17/328 (5,2%)

4/64 (6,3%)

8/141 (5,7%)

 

1/22 (4,5%)

1/12 (8,3%)

 

0/6 (0,0%)

1/41 (2,4%)

 

2/28 (7,1%)

2/14 (14,3%)

 

 yes

284/328 (86,6%)

52/64 (81,3%)

123/141 (87,2%)

 

19/22 (86,4%)

10/12 (83,3%)

 

5/6 (83,3%)

39/41 (95,1%)

 

24/28 (85,7%)

12/14 (85,7%)

 

 academic father

62 (13,4%)

13 (13,3%)

27 (13,8%)

.891

6 (19,4%)

1 (6,3%)

.396

1 (10,0%)

3 (5,3%)

.560

9 (26,5%)

2 (9,5%)

.174

 academic mother

80 (17,3%)

14 (14,3%)

44 (22,6%)

.093

5 (16,1%)

4 (25,0%)

.466

3 (30,0%)

3 (5,3%)

.120

5 (14,7%)

2 (9,5%)

.696

  1. *only if attached or married