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Table 2 Characteristics of FM residents exiting programs in 2016 and 2017, by sex/gender and parenthood (n, %)

From: The relationship between gender, parenthood and practice intentions among family medicine residents: cross-sectional analysis of national Canadian survey data

 

Total (N = 1 633)

Male non-parent (N = 441)

Male parent (N = 174)

Female non-parent (N = 810)

Female parents (N = 208)

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p value (χ2)

Marital status

< 0.001

 Single/divorced

687 (42.6)

241 (55.8)

7 (4.1)

429 (53.5)

10 (42.6)

 

 Married/common law

927 (57.4)

191 (44.2)

166 (96.0)

373 (46.5)

197 (95.2)

 

Location of MD training

< 0.001

 Canada

1 254 (85.9)

381 (89.0)

125 (74.0)

705 (90.4)

143 (71.9)

 

 International

222 (14.1)

47 (11.0)

44 (26.0)

75 (9.6)

56 (28.1)

 

Region

< 0.001

 Ontario

554 (33.8)

133 (30.2)

42 (24.1)

326 (40.3)

51 (24.5)

 

 Western Canada

642 (39.3)

200 (45.4)

91 (52.3)

269 (33.2)

82 (39.4)

 

 Atlantic Canada

64 (3.9)

14 (3.2)

9 (5.2)

31 (3.8)

10 (4.8)

 

 Quebec

375 (23.0)

94 (21.3)

32 (18.4)

184 (22.7)

65 (31.3)

 

Age groupings (years)

< 0.001

 < 30

910 (58.8)

263 (62.8)

36 (21.3)

572 (74.6)

39 (20.3)

 

 30–34

420 (27.2)

113 (27.0)

65 (38.5)

167 (21.8)

75 (39.1)

 

 35+

217 (14.0)

43 (10.3)

68 (40.2)

28 (3.7)

78 (40.6)

 

Years since MD awarded

< 0.001

 2

1 292 (79.3)

377 (85.7)

126 (72.4)

706 (87.4)

83 (39.9)

 

 3

137 (8.4)

25 (5.7)

13 (7.5)

40 (5.0)

59 (28.4)

 

 4+

201 (12.3)

38 (8.6)

35 (20.1)

62 (7.7)

66 (31.7)

 

Childhood environment

< 0.001

 Inner city/urban/suburban

1 022 (62.9)

297 (68.0)

89 (51.5)

511 (63.2)

125 (60.4)

 

 Small town

278 (17.1)

70 (16.0)

37 (21.4)

143 (17.7)

28 (13.5)

 

 Rural/remote/isolated

227 (14.0)

43 (9.8)

28 (16.2)

121 (15.0)

35 (16.9)

 

 Mixed

98 (6.0)

27 (6.2)

19 (11.0)

33 (4.1)

19 (9.2)