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Table 2 Socio demographics characteristics of the 185 HO who completed the questionnaire

From: House officers’ specialist career choices and motivators for their choice– a sequential mixed-methods study from Malaysia

 

Sociodemographic characteristics

N = 185 (%)

Age (in years) Median: 27 Mean: 26.7 SD: 1.6

 

Sex

Male

67 (36.2)

Female

118 (63.8)

Age groups

23–26

91 (49.2)

27–34

94 (50.8

Marital status

Single

128 (69.2)

Married

29 (15.7)

Into a relationship

27 (14.6)

Divorced/Separated/Widowed

1 (0.5)

Ethnic origin

Malay

95 (51.4)

Chinese

48 (25.9)

Indian and others

42 (22.7)

Type of graduating university

Malaysian public university

39 (21.1)

Overseas public university

37 (20.0)

Malaysian private university

81 (43.8)

Overseas private university

10 (5.4)