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Table 2 Top Career Selection Factors by Female and Male Respondents

From: Gender disparities among medical students choosing to pursue careers in medical research: a secondary cross-sectional cohort analysis

Factora

Female, n (%)

Male, n (%)

P < 0.0001b

Cramer’s V = 0.21c

Opportunities to do research

169 (7.7%)

255 (15.4%)

  

Opportunities for patient care

809 (37.1%)

510 (30.8%)

  

Opportunities to teach

41 (1.9%)

60 (3.6%)

  

Opportunities for community service

93 (4.3%)

29 (1.8%)

  

Opportunities for interaction with students

20 (0.9%)

16 (1.0%)

  

Opportunities for travel

14 (0.6%)

10 (0.6%)

  

Opportunities for international work

70 (3.2%)

42 (2.5%)

  

Opportunities for national work

8 (0.4%)

8 (0.5%)

  

Opportunities for local work

12 (0.6%)

7 (0.4%)

  

Ability to balance work and personal life

855 (39.2%)

539 (32.6%)

  

Financial security

52 (2.4%)

110 (6.7%)

  

Autonomy

33 (1.5%)

61 (3.7%)

  

Prestige

7 (0.3%)

7 (0.4%)

  

TOTAL

2183 (100%)

1654 (100%)

  
  1. a Excluding Other/NA
  2. b Male versus female responses were compared using chi-squared tests and Fisher’s exact tests where appropriate
  3. c Cramer’s V was used to measure effect size between male and female respondents