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Table 1 Socio-demographics of participating male and female students

From: Few gender differences in specialty preferences and motivational factors: a cross-sectional Swedish study on last-year medical students

Category

Variable

Women

Men

p

  

(N = 216)

(N = 157)

 
  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Age

 

27.3

(3.2)

27.7

(3.2)

NS

  

%

(N)

%

(N)

 

Civil status

Not cohabiting

50

(107)

46

(73)

NS

 

Cohabiting

50

(109)

54

(84)

 

Children

No

89

(192)

83

(131)

NS

 

Yes

11

(24)

17

(26)

 

Highest education mother

Higher

73

(157)

78

(121)

NS

 

Intermediate

20

(43)

17

(27)

 
 

Primary

7

(14)

5

(7)

 

Highest education father

Higher

64

(137)

75

(116)

.042

 

Intermediate

22

(47)

18

(27)

 
 

Primary

14

(30)

7

(11)

 

Working status mother

Full-time

60

(129)

71

(112)

NS

 

Part-time

18

(38)

14

(22)

 
 

Other

22

(48)

15

(23)

 

Working status father

Full-time

69

(148)

68

(106)

NS

 

Part-time

5

(10)

6

(10)

 
 

Other

27

(58)

26

(41)

 
  1. Note: Significance level for gender differences was set at p < .05. SD = Standard deviation. NS = not significant. p < .05 in bold.