Table 2 Male and female students’ career preferences
Variable | Category | Women | Men | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 215 | N = 157 | |||||
% | (N) | % | (N) | |||
Specialty preference | Surgical specialties | 27 | (58) | 29 | (44) | NS |
Surgery | 17 | (36) | 23 | (36) | NS | |
Gynecology | 8 | (17) | 3 | (4) | .028 | |
Anesthesiology | 2 | (5) | 3 | (4) | NS | |
Non-surgical specialties | 22 | (48) | 24 | (37) | NS | |
Internal medicine | 8 | (17) | 9 | (14) | NS | |
Pediatrics | 7 | (15) | 4 | (6) | NS | |
Psychiatrya | 3 | (6) | 3 | (5) | NS | |
Neurology | 2 | (4) | 3 | (5) | NS | |
Others | 3 | (6) | 5 | (7) | NS | |
Family medicine | 18 | (38) | 17 | (26) | NS | |
Not sure | 32 | (68) | 30 | (47) | NS | |
Preferred working hours (hours per week) | More than full-time (>40) | 2 | (5) | 10 | (15) | .001 |
Full-time (40) | 40 | (85) | 51 | (80) | ||
Slightly less than full-time (31–39) | 23 | (50) | 12 | (19) | ||
75% and less (≤30) | 31 | (66) | 24 | (37) | ||
Other | 4 | (9) | 4 | (6) | ||