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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of medical students and univariate analysis of changes in career choice during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 2040)

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on career intention amongst undergraduate medical students: a single-centre cross-sectional study conducted in Hubei Province

Variable

Total (n = 2040)

Change of career choice during COVID-19a

P value

No (n = 1796)

Yes (n = 147)

Age (year)

 mean (SD)

20.4 (1.4)

20.4 (1.4)

20.6 (1.4)

0.112

Sex

 Male

546 (26.8)

478 (26.6)

44 (29.9)

0.438

 Female

1494 (73.2)

1318 (73.4)

103 (70.1)

 

Residency

 Hubei rural

763 (37.4)

667 (37.1)

61 (41.5)

 

 Hubei urban

623 (30.5)

540 (30.1)

45 (30.6)

0.375

 Rural other than Hubei

371 (18.2)

328 (18.3)

27 (18.4)

 

 Urban other than Hubei

283 (13.9)

261 (14.5)

14 (9.5)

 

Educational level of parents

 Middle school or below

958 (47.0)

848 (47.2)

68 (46.3)

 

 High school

577 (28.3)

501 (27.9)

43 (29.3)

0.939

 College

190 (9.3)

169 (9.4)

12 (8.2)

 

 University or above

315 (15.4)

278 (15.5)

24 (16.3)

 

Family monthly income (CYN)

 < ¥3000

394 (19.3)

344 (19.2)

32 (21.8)

 

 ¥3000-¥5999

819 (40.1)

718 (40.0)

62 (42.2)

0.683

 ¥6000-11,999

626 (30.7)

555 (30.9)

41 (27.9)

 

 ≥¥12,000

201 (9.9)

179 (10.0)

12 (8.2)

 

Monthly expense (CYN)

  < ¥500

66 (3.2)

53 (3.0)

8 (5.4)

 

 ¥500-¥999

759 (37.2)

670 (37.3)

52 (35.4)

0.412

 ¥1000-¥1499

918 (45.0)

812 (45.2)

65 (44.2)

 

 ≥¥1500

297 (14.6)

261 (14.5)

22 (15.0)

 

Grade

 Grade 1

435 (21.3)

398 (22.2)

20 (13.6)

0.008

 Grade 2

673 (33)

572 (31.8)

61 (41.5)

 Grade 3

484 (23.7)

436 (24.3)

30 (20.4)

 Grade 4

306 (15)

267 (14.9)

19 (12.9)

 Grade 5

142 (7.0)

123 (6.8)

17 (11.6)

Major

 Clinical medicine

803 (39.4)

729 (40.6)

58 (39.5)

0.089

 Nursing

989 (48.5)

845 (47.0)

79 (53.7)

 Others

248 (12.2)

222 (12.4)

10 (6.8)

Time of concern about COVID-19 (minutes)

  < 5

341 (16.7)

290 (16.1)

31 (21.1)

 

 5-9

533 (26.1)

479 (26.7)

28 (19.0)

0.082

 10-29

761 (37.3)

672 (37.4)

52 (35.4)

 

  ≥30

405 (19.9)

355 (19.8)

36 (24.5)

 

Regard healthcare as dangerous job

 No

881 (43.2)

797 (44.4)

50 (34.0)

0.019

 Yes

1159 (56.8)

999 (55.6)

97 (66.0)

 

Have relatives with medical background

 No

1594 (78.1)

1409 (78.5)

107 (72.8)

0.136

 Yes

446 (21.9)

387 (21.5)

40 (27.2)

 

Parents’ attitude towards learning medical

 Support

1410 (69.1)

1270 (70.7)

95 (64.6)

0.197

 Neutral

557 (27.3)

466 (25.9)

44 (29.9)

 Against

73 (3.6)

60 (3.3)

8 (5.4)

Level of impact brought by COVID-19

 mean (SD)

3.5 (1.6)

3.5 (1.6)

3.8 (1.8)

0.006

  1. Abbreviations: CYN, Currency in circulation in China.
  2. aincluding 97 missing values