Table 1. Preferred specialties by sex (%, n = 12 058).
| Women | Men | Difference (women–men) | Statistical significance | |
| Gynecology | 27.6 | 5.1 | 22.5 | p <0.01 |
| Pediatrics | 33.1 | 19.7 | 13.4 | p <0.01 |
| Psychiatry | 15.5 | 11.5 | 4 | p <0.01 |
| Family medicine | 31.4 | 28.4 | 3 | p <0.01 |
| Dermatology | 5.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | p <0.01 |
| Ophthalmology | 5.4 | 4.8 | 0.6 | not significant |
| Neurology | 19.6 | 20.2 | –0.6 | not significant |
| ENT | 5.6 | 7.3 | –1.7 | p <0.01 |
| Urology | 4.1 | 7 | –2.9 | p <0.01 |
| Radiology | 8.9 | 16.6 | –7.7 | p <0.01 |
| Anesthesiology | 24.5 | 32.4 | –7.9 | p <0.01 |
| Surgery | 23.6 | 32.6 | –9 | p <0.01 |
| Internal medicine | 40 | 49.4 | –9.4 | p <0.01 |
| Orthopedics | 14.5 | 25.5 | –11 | p <0.01 |
| Others | 13.0 | 12.8 | 0.2 | not significant |
Analysis by chi-square test; modified from: Heinz A, Jacob R: Medizinstudenten und ihre Berufsperspektiven. In welcher Fachrichtung, wo und wie wollen sie arbeiten? Bundesgesundheitsbl 2012; 55: 245–53. ? Reproduced by kind permission of Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg