Table 3. Association between participants' consideration of anesthesiology as a future career and different features (N=532).
aChi-square test
bFisher's exact test
GPA: grade point average
| Consideration of anesthesiology as a future career | Significance value | ||||
| No | Yes | ||||
| Gender | Female | Number | 201 | 143 | 0.407a |
| Percentage (%) | 58.4% | 41.6% | |||
| Male | Number | 117 | 71 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 62.2% | 37.8% | |||
| Age | 18-24 years | Number | 250 | 174 | 0.449a |
| Percentage (%) | 59% | 41% | |||
| 25-34 years | Number | 68 | 40 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 63% | 37% | |||
| Marital status | Single | Number | 300 | 200 | 0.675a |
| Percentage (%) | 60% | 40% | |||
| Married | Number | 18 | 14 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 56.3% | 43.8% | |||
| Nationality | Non-Saudi | Number | 11 | 13 | 0.154a |
| Percentage (%) | 45.8% | 54.2% | |||
| Saudi | Number | 307 | 201 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 60.4% | 39.6% | |||
| Do you have children? | No | Number | 313 | 209 | 0.533b |
| Percentage (%) | 60% | 40% | |||
| Yes | Number | 5 | 5 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 50% | 50% | |||
| Academic year | 2nd | Number | 13 | 21 | <0.001a |
| Percentage (%) | 38.2% | 61.8% | |||
| 3rd | Number | 28 | 33 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 45.9% | 54.1% | |||
| 4th | Number | 66 | 50 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 56.9% | 43.1% | |||
| 5th | Number | 31 | 39 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 44.3% | 55.7% | |||
| 6th | Number | 112 | 37 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 75.2% | 24.8% | |||
| Internship | Number | 68 | 34 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 66.7% | 33.3% | |||
| Name of college | Umm Al-Qura University | Number | 81 | 39 | 0.091a |
| Percentage (%) | 67.5% | 32.5% | |||
| King Khalid University | Number | 55 | 51 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 51.9% | 48.1% | |||
| Qassim University | Number | 57 | 40 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 58.8% | 41.2% | |||
| King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences | Number | 42 | 18 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 70% | 30% | |||
| King Abdulaziz University | Number | 18 | 13 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 58.1% | 41.9% | |||
| Other | Number | 65 | 53 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 55.1% | 44.9% | |||
| GPA | <4 | Number | 108 | 78 | 0.163a |
| Percentage (%) | 58.1% | 41.9% | |||
| 4-4.5 | Number | 72 | 56 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 56.3% | 43.8% | |||
| 4.5-5 | Number | 130 | 68 | ||
| Percentage (%) | 65.7% | 34.3% | |||