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Table 1 Basic characteristics of respondents

From: Surgical career choices of medical students in China: does gender bias play a role?

Characteristics

Composition/ mean (%/)

Choose surgical career

P-value

Composition/mean

Total

643(100%)

410(63.76%)

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Age

21.21(18–24)

21.21(18–24)

P = 0.78

Gender

  

P = 0.00

 Male

267(41.52%)

220(53.66%)

 

 Female

376(58.48%)

190(46.34%)

 

Residence

  

P = 0.96

 Rural

205(31.88%)

131(31.95%)

 

 City

438(68.12%)

279(68.05%)

 

Major

  

P = 0.69

 Clinical

436(67.81%)

273(66.59%)

 

 Clinical 5 + 3

133(20.68%)

90(21.95%)

 

 Pediatrics

25(3.89%)

17(4.15%)

 

 Oral cavity

49(7.62%)

30(7.32%)

 
  1. Clinical 5 + 3: Clinical undergraduate 5 years + postgraduate 3 years