Table 3.

Which of the Following will have a Positive Influence on your Selection of a Specialty as a Career?

Question (Factor)‡	ALL	WOMEN	MEN
	(n = 229)	(n = 104)	(n = 125)
Interesting/challenging specialty (2)‡	91.3%	90.0%	92.4%
A reasonable relationship between salary/lifestyle (1)	72.6%	72.0%	73.1%
Bedside specialty	67.9%	72.7%	63.9%
Control over lifestyle (1)	67.0%	73.7%	61.3%
A specialty that is rapidly advancing (2)	56.9%	53.5%	59.7%
Independent practice (1)	54.1%	52.0%	55.9%
High paying specialty (1)	49.5%	41.4%	56.3%*
Opportunity for private practice (1)	47.5%	41.0%	52.9%*
Performing surgery/procedures (3)	46.1%	35.0%	55.5%*
Much teamwork (2)	36.7%	36.0%	37.3%
Time in the operating room (3)	32.6%	22.0%	41.5%*
Opportunity to perform research(2)	29.8%	28.0%	32.5%§
Work only during the daytime	28.4%	40.0%	18.6%*
Work only in the hospital	13.8%	14.3%	13.4%
Specialties classmates choose (4)	0.5%	0.0%	0.9%*

Values are important/very important answers on a 5 point Likert Scale

vs. women: * p < 0.005, § p < 0.04

‡ Factors are the result of the factor analysis performed on all the data