Table 3.
Gender-wise comparison among students regarding immediate career plans upon graduation.
| Future options | Gender | 1st choice N (%) |
2nd choice N (%) |
3rd choice N (%) |
Maybe/not sure N (%) |
Never N (%) |
p-value (chi-square test) | Effect size (Cramer's V) |
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| Civilian dentist in the public sector | Males | 42 (56.0) | 20 (26.7) | 8 (10.7) | 5 (6.6) | 00 (0.0) | 0.134 | 0.19 (small effect) |
| Females | 41 (73.2) | 9 (16.1) | 1 (1.8) | 5 (8.9) | 00 (0.0) | |||
| Total | 83 (63.4) | 29 (22.1) | 9 (6.9) | 10 (7.6) | 00 (0.0) | — | ||
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| Academic services dentist | Males | 10 (15.9) | 25 (39.7) | 20 (31.7) | 5 (7.9) | 3 (4.8) | 0.292 | 0.14 (small effect) |
| Females | 6 (15.8) | 14 (36.9) | 7 (18.4) | 7 (18.4) | 4 (10.5) | |||
| Total | 16 (15.8) | 39 (38.7) | 27 (26.7) | 12 (11.9) | 7 (6.9) | — | ||
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| Civilian dentist in the private sector | Males | 3 (9.1) | 10 (30.4) | 11 (33.3) | 8 (24.2) | 1 (3.0) | 0.386 | 0.12 (small effect) |
| Females | 1 (2.4) | 17 (40.5) | 17 (40.5) | 7 (16.6) | 00 (0.0) | |||
| Total | 4 (5.4) | 27 (36.0) | 28 (37.3) | 15 (20.0) | 1 (1.3) | — | ||
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| Dentist in the military sector | Males | 19 (31.7) | 18 (30.0) | 13 (21.6) | 4 (6.7) | 6 (10.0) | 0.221 | 0.18 (small effect) |
| Females | 2 (9.1) | 6 (27.3) | 8 (36.4) | 3 (13.6) | 3 (13.6) | |||
| Total | 21 (25.6) | 24 (29.3) | 21 (25.6) | 7 (8.5) | 9 (11.0) | — | ||
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| Management of dental business | Males | 3 (6.4) | 4 (8.5) | 7 (14.9) | 18 (38.3) | 15 (31.9) | 0.384 | 0.16 (small effect) |
| Females | 4 (19.0) | 2 (9.5) | 5 (23.8) | 5 (23.8) | 5 (23.8) | |||
| Total | 7 (10.3) | 6 (8.8) | 12 (17.6) | 23 (33.8) | 20 (29.4) | — | ||
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| Researcher | Males | 3 (10.7) | 1 (3.6) | 7 (25.0) | 7 (25.0) | 10 (35.7) | 0.03∗ | 0.27 (medium effect) |
| Females | 4 (30.7) | 3 (23.1) | 00 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) | 5 (38.5) | |||
| Total | 7 (17.1) | 4 (9.7) | 7 (17.1) | 8 (19.5) | 15 (36.6) | — | ||
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| Businesses outside the dental field | Males | 2 (6.9) | 4 (13.8) | 8 (27.6) | 9 (31.0) | 6 (20.7) | 0.154 | 0.15 (small effect) |
| Females | 0 (0.0) | 5 (45.5) | 4 (36.3) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | |||
| Total | 2 (5.0) | 9 (22.5) | 12 (30.0) | 10 (25.0) | 7 (17.5) | — | ||
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| Other careers | Males | 2 (2.3) | 2 (2.3) | 10 (11.8) | 28 (33.0) | 43 (50.6) | 0.673 | 0.08 (negligible effect) |
| Females | 2 (2.1) | 4 (4.1) | 18 (18.6) | 31 (32.0) | 42 (43.2) | |||
| Total | 4 (2.2) | 6 (3.3) | 28 (15.4) | 59 (32.4) | 85 (46.7) | — | ||
Note: Effect size V is interpreted as small (< 0.2), medium (0.2–0.5), and large (> 0.5).
∗Shows that the p value is significant.