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Table 4 Relevant associations of education of father

From: The relevance of educational attainments of parents of medical students for health workforce planning: data from Guiné-Bissau

Education of father

Place of birth of student is capital city vs somewhere else*(n = 43 vs 48)

Student completed primary education in capital city vs elsewhere**(n = 61 vs 30)

Student wants to practice medicine in capital city vs elsewhere***(n = 31 vs 61)

Students’ family members are health professionals vs not# (n = 54 vs 38)

Father did not complete secondary education

16.3% vs 47.9%

N = 7 vs 23

21.3% vs 58.6%

N = 13 vs 17

25.8% vs 38.3%

N = 8 vs 23

24.1% vs 69.2%

N = 13 vs 18

Father did not complete post-secondary education

18.6% vs 20.8%

N = 8 vs 10

23.0% vs 13.8%

N = 14 vs 4

9.4% vs 25.0%

N = 2 vs 16

18.5% vs 10.3%

N = 10 vs 8

Father has some level of complete post-secondary education

65.1% vs 31.3%

N = 28 vs 15

55.7% vs 27.6%

N = 34 vs 9

65.6% vs 36.7%

N = 21 vs 22

57.4% vs 20.5%

N = 31 vs 12

  1. Chi-square *p = 0.002; **p = 0.002; ***p = 0.024; #p = 0.033