Table 1 General characteristics (N = 9499)
From: Factors associated with the specialty choice of Korean medical students: a cross-sectional survey
Grade (year) | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | ||||||||
Gender | Men | 1 747 | 64.8 | 1 473 | 60.7 | 1 276 | 61.0 | 1 288 | 56.3 | 5 784 | 60.9 | <0.001 |
Women | 947 | 35.2 | 954 | 39.3 | 816 | 39.0 | 998 | 43.7 | 3 715 | 39.1 | ||
Hometown | Metropolitan | 1 160 | 43.1 | 1 028 | 42.4 | 860 | 41.1 | 981 | 42.9 | 4 029 | 42.4 | 0.541 |
Nonmetropolitan | 1 534 | 56.9 | 1 399 | 57.6 | 1 232 | 58.9 | 1 305 | 57.1 | 5 470 | 57.6 | ||
Type of medical school | Medical college | 1 137 | 42.2 | 979 | 40.3 | 839 | 40.1 | 808 | 35.3 | 3 763 | 39.6 | <0.001 |
Graduate medical school | 1 557 | 57.8 | 1 448 | 59.7 | 1 253 | 59.9 | 1 478 | 64.7 | 5 736 | 60.4 | ||
Location of medical school | Metropolitan | 871 | 32.3 | 847 | 34.9 | 547 | 26.1 | 891 | 39.0 | 3 156 | 33.2 | <0.001 |
Nonmetropolitan | 1 823 | 67.7 | 1 580 | 65.1 | 1 545 | 73.9 | 1 395 | 61.0 | 6 343 | 66.8 | ||
Age (mean, SD) | 23.82 (2.94) | 25.00 (2.99) | 26.34 (3.14) | 27.37 (3.05) | 25.53 (3.32) | <0.001 | ||||||