Programs to encourage working as a general practitioner in rural areas: why do medical students not want to participate? A cross-sectional study

Table 2 Reasons for not participating in the BeLA-Project (multiple choice possible) – Total and by gender

Reason	Total %	Male %	Female %
Identification with another discipline	55.7	50.0	57.7
Not willing to commit long-term	51.1	43.2	54.0
Personal connections to another region	27.8	23.7	29.3
Unwilling to work in the countryside^a	21.9	24.6	21.0
Parents/partner are/is settled in another region^b	21.0	11.9	24.4
Financial support is insufficient^c	5.4	11	3.4
Planned to take over the practice from parents/acquaintances in another region.	2.7	2.5	2.8
Other	12.7	10.0	13.4

^aSignificantly less students who have already completed another study before entering medical school
^bSignificantly more females
^cSignificantly more males

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