Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

Number of study participants

745

408

1153

375

1528

Sex

 Male, n (%)

365 (49.0)

246 (60.3)

611 (53.0)

238 (63.5)

849 (55.6)

Medical student grade/PGY, n (%)

 1st year/PGY 1

163 (21.9)

75 (18.4)

238 (20.6)

52 (13.9)

 2nd year/PGY 2

142 (19.1)

77 (18.9)

219 (19.0)

54 (14.4)

 3rd year/PGY 3

129 (17.3)

66 (16.2)

195 (16.9)

49 (13.1)

 4th year/PGY 4

102 (13.7)

80 (19.6)

182 (15.8)

55 (14.7)

 5th year/PGY 5

130 (17.4)

65 (15.9)

195 (16.9)

44 (11.7)

 6th year/PGY 6

79 (10.6)

45 (11.0)

124 (10.8)

38 (10.1)

 PGY 7

40 (10.7)

 PGY 8

29 (7.7)

 PGY 9

14 (3.7)

Marital status, n (%)

 Married

10 (1.3)

11 (2.7)

21 (1.8)

199 (53.1)

220 (14.4)

 Not married

725 (97.3)

389 (95.3)

1114 (96.6)

169 (45.1)

1283 (84.0)

 Others, no response

10 (1.3)

8 (2.0)

18 (1.6)

7 (1.9)

25 (1.6)

Number of children, n (%)

 One or more

0 (0.0)

4 (1.0)

4 (0.4)

118 (31.5)

122 (8.0)

 None

742 (99.6)

403 (98.8)

1145 (99.3)

256 (68.3)

1401 (91.7)

 No response

3 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

4 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

5 (0.3)

Children of medical practitioners, n (%)

 Yes

57 (7.7)

47 (11.5)

104 (9.0)

30 (8.0)

134 (8.8)

 No

679 (91.1)

355 (87.0)

1034 (89.7)

342 (91.2)

1376 (90.1)

 No response

9 (1.2)

6 (1.5)

15 (1.3)

3 (0.8)

18 (1.2)

Future prospects (multiple response), n (%)

 Internal medicine

385 (51.7)

192 (47.1)

577 (50.0)

135 (36.0)

712 (46.6)

 Pediatrics

237 (31.8)

95 (23.3)

332 (28.8)

43 (11.5)

375 (24.5)

 Dermatology

43 (5.8)

38 (9.3)

81 (7.0)

9 (2.4)

90 (5.9)

 Psychiatry

62 (8.3)

44 (10.8)

106 (9.2)

10 (2.7)

116 (7.6)

 Surgery

133 (17.9)

98 (24.0)

231 (20.0)

35 (9.3)

266 (17.4)

 Orthopedics

94 (12.6)

59 (14.5)

153 (13.3)

23 (6.1)

176 (11.5)

 Obstetrics and gynecology

146 (19.6)

63 (15.4)

209 (18.1)

36 (9.6)

245 (16.0)

 Ophthalmology

33 (4.4)

23 (5.7)

56 (4.9)

6 (1.6)

62 (4.1)

 Otolaryngology

30 (4.0)

26 (6.4)

56 (4.9)

5 (1.3)

61 (4.0)

 Urology

27 (3.6)

17 (4.2)

44 (3.8)

10 (2.7)

54 (3.5)

 Neurosurgery

45 (6.0)

32 (7.8)

77 (6.7)

10 (2.7)

87 (6.0)

 Radiology

24 (3.2)

28 (6.9)

52 (4.5)

4 (1.1)

56 (3.7)

 Anesthesiology

73 (9.8)

56 (13.7)

129 (11.2)

12 (3.2)

141 (9.2)

 Pathology

20 (2.7)

22 (5.4)

42 (3.6)

7 (1.9)

49 (3.2)

 Laboratory medicine

6 (0.8)

7 (1.7)

13 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

13 (0.9)

 Emergency medicine

149 (20.0)

75 (18.4)

224 (19.4)

34 (9.1)

258 (16.9)

 Plastic surgery

17 (2.3)

29 (7.1)

46 (4.0)

2 (0.5)

48 (3.1)

 Rehabilitation

17 (2.3)

16 (3.9)

33 (2.9)

11 (2.9)

44 (2.9)

 General practice

295 (39.6)

79 (19.4)

374 (32.4)

34 (9.1)

408 (26.7)

 Others, no response

29 (3.9)

32 (7.8)

61 (5.3)

18 (4.8)

79 (5.2)

Type of medical facility, n (%)

 University hospital

–

–

–

24 (6.4)

–

 Non-university hospital (≥ 200 beds)

–

–

–

50 (13.3)

–

 Non-university hospital (< 200 beds)

–

–

–

173 (46.1)

–

 Clinic

–

–

–

124 (33.1)

–

 Others

–

–

–

4 (1.1)

–

Practice location, n (%)

 Large city or its suburbs

–

–

–

59 (15.7)

–

 Regional city or its suburbs

–

–

–

242 (64.5)

–

 Remote area or island

–

–

–

73 (19.5)

–

 Others

–

–

–

1 (0.3)

–