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Table 1 Resident sociodemographic characteristics by high career interest in primary care

From: Examination of resident characteristics associated with interest in primary care and identification of barriers to cross-cultural care

 

All (n = 155)

High interest in primary care (n = 17)

P-value*

Race/Ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic

57 (36.8%)

5 (29.4%)

0.01

 Black, non-Hispanic

10 (6.5%)

4 (23.5%)

 Hispanic

12 (7.7%)

3 (17.6%)

 Asian, non-Hispanic

58 (37.4%)

5 (29.4%)

 Other

18 (11.6%)

0 (0%)

Male

69 (44.8%)

3 (1.4%)

0.02

Specialty

 Family Medicine

9 (5.8%)

4 (44.4%)

< 0.001

 Internal Medicine

84 (54.2%)

2 (2.4%)

 Pediatrics

62 (40.0%)

11 (17.7%)

Postgraduate year (PGY)

 PGY1

60 (38.7%)

8 (13.3%)

0.65

 PGY2

44 (28.4%)

5 (11.4%)

 PGY3+

51 (32.9%)

4 (7.8%)

Cultural Background

 Disadvantaged background

43 (27.7%)

7 (16.3%)

0.19

 Multilingual

91 (58.7%)

11 (12.0%)

0.59

 Parents born outside U.S.

102 (65.8%)

11 (10.8%)

0.92

 International medical graduate

10 (6.5%)

2 (20.0%)

0.91

  1. *P-values for race/ethnicity, gender, specialty, PGY correspond to comparisons among the high interest group. P-values for cultural background correspond to comparisons between those who have high interest and those who do not