Table 1.
Year 4 (N = 525) | Residents (N = 1,118) | Panel (N = 236) | ||||
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1994 (N = 306) | 1997 (N = 219) | 1994 (N = 635) | 1997 (N = 483) | Year 4 Students 1994 | Residents 1997 | |
Mean age, y | 27.0 | 24.3 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 26.8 | 30.2 |
Married | 36.7 | 44.5 | 57.6 | 64.9 | 37.4 | 66.1 |
Female | 36.4 | 39.5 | 35.8 | 38.9 | 34.4 | |
White | 72.2 | 73.0 | 73.8 | 71.6 | 71.9 | |
Home town size | ||||||
Large city (>500,000) | 18.8 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 20.3 | |
Suburb of large city | 32.3 | 22.7 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 31.5 | |
Moderate city (50,001–500,000) | 15.9 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 13.2 | |
Small city (10,001–50,000) | 17.7 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 18.1 | |
Town (2,501–10,000) | 8.0 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 12.6 | 8.9 | |
Rural (<2,500) | 7.3 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 8.0 | |
Specialty choice | ||||||
Primary care | 25.9 | 24.4 | 27.1 | 30.8 | 22.6 | 30.2 |
IMPS or undecided between primary care and IMPS | 16.4 | 29.8 | 16.2 | 12.2 | 17.6 | 9.4 |
Specialty | 57.7 | 45.9 | 56.7 | 57.0 | 59.8 | 60.4 |
Response rates | 92.5 | 86.6 | 77.2 | 78.6 | 78.5† |
All data are reported as weighted percentages unless otherwise indicated.
Reponse rate for panel represents the percent of 1994 Year 4 students who were followed up as residents in 1997.
IMPS, internal medicine/pediatrics subspecialty.