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Table 3 Relative importance of variables with statistical significance in the formation of clusters

From: Profiling alumni of a Brazilian public dental school

Cluster

Variable

%

Chi- square

DF

-log10

P-Value*

P

1

Specialized dental care

85.0

62,1

2

13.5

<0.001

 

Specialization degree

82.5

54,4

2

11.8

<0.001

 

Professional success (yes)

65.6

29,3

2

6.4

<0.001

 

Professional satisfaction (yes)

75.6

26,1

2

5.7

<0.001

 

Main breadwinner (yes)

74.8

15,5

1

4.1

<0.001

 

Large cities

59.6

13,6

2

2.9

<0.001

 

Gender (male)

70.3

9,7

1

2.7

<0.001

2

Graduate degree

83.3

97,3

2

21.1

<0.001

 

General dental care

68.0

95,4

2

20.7

<0.001

 

Small and medium cities

88.0

40,9

2

8.9

<0.001

3

Professional satisfaction (no)

76.3

92,9

2

20.2

<0.001

 

Weekly workload ≤20 hours

72.7

83,0

2

18.0

<0.001

 

Professional success (no)

60.4

67,9

2

14.7

<0.001

 

Would take dentistry again (no)

38.0

41,6

2

9.0

<0.001

 

Dentistry as main source of income (no)

62.5

32,0

1

7.8

<0.001

 

Main family breadwinner (no)

25.3

29,3

1

7.2

<0.001

 

Dentistry as main occupation (no)

65.0

21,3

1

6.4

<0.001

 

Gender (female)

23.4

13,2

1

3.6

<0.001

 

Lower self-rated professional performance

58.3

12,6

1

3.4

<0.001

 

Consider dentistry very stressful

28.7

13,2

2

2.9

<0.001

  1. * - Log 10 (Probability): greater value is more significant.