Table 3.
Frequency distribution of speciality aspired to shown by gender at T3 (n = 522)
| Speciality |
Females (n = 281) n (%) adjusted standardised residual |
Males (n = 241) n (%) adjusted standardised residual |
| Primary Care (n = 45) | 26 (9.3) 0.6 |
19 (7.9) -0.6 |
| Internal medicine (n = 126) | 69 (24.6) 0.2 |
57 (23.7) -0.2 |
| Surgical specialities (n = 68) | 13 (4.6) -6.2 |
55 (22.8) 6.2 |
| Gynaecology & Obstetrics (n = 31) | 27 (9.6) 3.8 |
4 (1.7) -3.8 |
| Anaesthesiology (n = 40) | 27 (9.6) 1.8 |
13 (5.4) -1.8 |
| Paediatrics (n = 44) | 33 (6.3) 2.9 |
11 (4.6) -2.9 |
| Psychiatry (n = 25) | 16 (5.7) 1.0 |
9 (3.7) -1.0 |
| Other specialities (n = 60) | 23 (8.2) -2.6 |
37 (15.4) 2.6 |
| Not decided (n = 83) | 47 (16.7) 0.6 |
36 (14.9) 0.6 |
Chi-square = 65.14, df = 8, p < 0.001