Table 3.

Comparison of Maxdiff scaled scores by gender and by specialty choice

Factor	Mean Maxdiff Score (±SE)
	Gender			Specialty Choice
	Male	Female	p-score†	Family Medicine	Specialties	p-score†
Variety	1.80 (0.140)	1.89 (0.108)	0.545	2.40 (0.129)	1.53 (0.106)	<0.001*
Morale	1.54 (0.136)	1.74 (0.100)	0.204	1.40 (0.126)	1.82 (0.104)	0.019*
Relatives	1.18 (0.192)	1.68 (0.133)	0.053	1.48 (0.180)	1.51 (0.140)	0.788
City	0.84 (0.164)	0.89 (0.148)	0.695	0.81 (0.183)	0.89 (0.139)	0.801
Academic	1.06 (0.168)	0.48 (0.130)	0.002*	0.17 (0.158)	1.04 (0.131)	<0.001*
Spouse	0.61 (0.245)	0.23 (0.209)	0.231	0.90 (0.275)	0.07 (0.194)	0.015*
Faculty	0.43 (0.157)	0.22 (0.113)	0.213	-0.10 (0.135)	0.53 (0.121)	<0.001*
Interview	-0.46 (0.166)	-0.36 (0.120)	0.526	0.13 (0.149)	-0.71 (0.124)	<0.001*
Schedule	-0.62 (0.118)	-0.33 (0.106)	0.190	-0.31 (0.127)	-0.53 (0.102)	0.159
Hospital	-0.35 (0.128)	-0.51 (0.106)	0.301	-0.26 (0.131)	-0.57 (0.103)	0.054
Research	-1.01 (0.183)	-1.60 (0.127)	0.012*	-2.38 (0.140)	-0.77 (0.131)	<0.001*
Financial	-2.27 (0.117)	-2.12 (0.099)	0.345	-2.06 (0.119)	-2.25 (0.098)	0.113
Parental	-2.76 (0.114)	-2.20 (0.120)	0.006*	-2.17 (0.151)	-2.57 (0.105)	0.028*

† p-scores were obtained using the Mann-Whitney test. * indicates significant differences with p-score ≤0.05