Gender-based analysis of factors affecting junior medical students’ career selection: addressing the shortage of surgical workforce in Rwanda

Table 2 First preference specialities, distributed by gender

	Male	Female	Total	Odds ratio	p value
	%	%	n	Odds ratio	p value
Surgery	46.9	19.6	71	0.31	< 0.01
Obstetrics/gynaecology	18.5	29.4	39	2.14	0.05
Internal medicine	24.6	11.8	38	0.46	0.11
Paediatrics	5.4	15.7	15	3.7	0.02
Other	4.6	13.7	13	3.71	0.03

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