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Table 4 Multivariate analysis for gender bias and surgical career choice

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

Characteristic

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

coefficient

95%CI

margins

coefficient

95%CI

margins

coefficient

95%CI

margins

Age

-0.15

-0.39

0.08

-0.03

-0.14

-0.39

0.1

-0.03

-0.15

-0.4

0.09

-0.03

Female

-1.54***

-1.92

-1.16

-0.32

-1.65***

-2.11

-1.26

-0.32

-0.98***

-1.58

-0.38

-0.19

Resident

-0.05

-0.42

0.33

-0.01

-0.04

-0.42

0.34

-0.01

-0.05

-0.44

0.34

-0.01

Major

 Clinical 5 + 3

0.09

-0.35

0.53

0.02

0.04

-0.41

0.49

0.01

0.06

-0.4

0.52

0.01

 Pediatrics

0.27

-0.64

1.18

0.05

0.43

-0.51

1.36

0.08

0.44

-0.51

1.38

0.08

 Oral cavity

-0.04

-0.69

0.61

-0.01

-0.07

-0.78

0.64

-0.01

-0.1

-0.8

0.61

0.02

Bias

 Leader

    

-1.23

-2.56

0.1

-0.24

-1.08

-2.4

0.23

-0.21

 Recruit

    

0.48**

0.09

0.87

0.09

1.05**

0.13

1.97

0.2

 Unsuitable

    

-0.97***

-1.34

-0.61

-0.19

-0.36

-1.02

-0.29

-0.07

 Gender*recruit

       

-0.73

-1.755

0.29

-0.14

 Gender*not suitable

       

-0.88**

-1.67

-0.1

-0.17

 _cons

4.8

-0.27

9.87

 

7

1.38

12.63

 

6.45

0.81

12.09

 
  1. Leader: Male leadership dominance; Recruit: recruitment of male required (or implied required); Unsuitable: females are not suitable for surgery
  2. ** P < 0.05.;*** P < 0.01