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Table 4 The odds of selecting a surgical discipline (surgery and obstetrics/gynecology) as a first choice preference among the fifth year medical students in MakCHS

From: Specialty career preferences among final year medical students at Makerere University College of health sciences, Uganda: a mixed methods study

Variable

Specialty career preference N(%)

Adjusted OR

95% CI

p value

Non-surgical specialty

Surgical specialty

Sex

 Male

42 (46.15)

49 (53.85)

1

  

 Female

32 (72.73)

12 (27.27)

0.37

0.17–0.84

0.02*

Marital status

 Single

72 (59.50)

49 (40.50)

1

  

 Married

2 (14.29)

12 (85.71)

3.73

0.58–24.00

0.17

Having Children

 No

71 (60.17)

47 (39.83)

1

  

 Yes

3 (17.65)

14 (82.35)

2.87

0.58–14.08

0.2

  1. *This symbol denotes the p-values that are significant at the level of α=0.05