Table 10 Motive scale percentage distribution and mean for the final year dental students by motives for interest in paediatric dentistry practice according to their two top-ranked motive to study dentistry and their background factors background factors (n = 91)
Motives | All (N = 91) | Sex | Age | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men (N = 61) | Women (N = 30) | P | < 27 yrs (n = 35) | 27-29 yrs (n = 20) | > 29 years (n = 26) | P | ||||||||||
% | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean | |
Personal interest, professional characteristics and interest of significant others in children | 47.3 | 2.73 (1.25) | 41.0 | 2.57 (1.32) | 60.0 | 3.04 (1.05) | 0.09 | 0.09 | 45.7 | 2.778 (1.29) | 50.0 | 2.64 (1.14) | 46.2 | 2.75 (1.37) | 0.93 | 0.91 |
Family influence | 42.9 | 1.42 (1.48) | 42.6 | 1.41 (1.58) | 43.3 | 1.45 (1.30) | 0.95 | 0.90 | 42.9 | 1.46 (1.59) | 40.0 | 1.37 (1.48) | 46.2 | 1.44 (1.40) | 0.90 | 0.97 |