Table 2.
Distribution of a positive response to “Have you ever practised in a rural setting?” by demographic characteristics, adolescent experiences, and medical school and residency training experiences for all respondents, FPs, and non-FPs
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HAVE YOU EVER PRACTISED IN A RURAL SETTING?
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ALL RESPONDENTS (N = 1269)
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FPs (N = 362)
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NON-FPs (N = 907)
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| CHARACTERISTIC OR EXPERIENCE | PERCENT RESPONDING YES | P VALUE | PERCENT RESPONDING YES | P VALUE | PERCENT RESPONDING YES | P VALUE |
| Overall | 39 | 58 | 32 | |||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| • Sex | .0289 | .0341 | .0250 | |||
| -Male | 41 | 62 | 34 | |||
| -Female | 35 | 51 | 26 | |||
| • Have you ever lived in a rural community? | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | |||
| -Yes | 65 | 80 | 56 | |||
| -No | 18 | 28 | 16 | |||
| • Either parent a medical doctor | .3651 | .9877 | .6413 | |||
| -Yes | 36 | 58 | 30 | |||
| -No | 40 | 58 | 32 | |||
| Adolescent experiences | ||||||
| • Type of high school | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | |||
| -Rural Manitoba | 58 | 70 | 52 | |||
| -Winnipeg public school | 35 | 55 | 28 | |||
| -Winnipeg private school | 34 | 51 | 28 | |||
| -Out of Manitoba | 44 | 62 | 35 | |||
| -Left blank | 19 | 33 | 14 | |||
| • Size of high school | .0826 | .8896 | .1113 | |||
| -Fewer than 200 students | 46 | 57 | 40 | |||
| -200 to 500 students | 40 | 60 | 33 | |||
| -More than 500 students | 37 | 58 | 29 | |||
| • Lived on farm more than 1 mo in summer | < .0001 | < .0010 | < .0001 | |||
| -Yes | 54 | 70 | 46 | |||
| -No | 33 | 52 | 26 | |||
| Medical school experience | ||||||
| • Year of graduation | < .0792 | .0190 | .0182 | |||
| -1965 to 1976 | 44 | 59 | 38 | |||
| -1977 to 1988 | 36 | 50 | 31 | |||
| -1989 to 2000 | 39 | 67 | 27 | |||
| • Rural experience during medical school | .0068 | .0318 | .2670 | |||
| -Rural, less than 100 km from Winnipeg | 38 | 57 | 29 | |||
| -Rural, more than 100 km from Winnipeg | 43 | 68 | 37* | |||
| -Northern Manitoba | 54 | 73 | ||||
| -Out of Manitoba | 39 | 47 | 33 | |||
| -Rural, location not stated | 39 | 61 | 32 | |||
| -No rural experience | 34 | 50 | 29 | |||
| -Any rural experience | 42 | < .0068 | 63 | .0137 | 34 | .1067 |
| Residency training experience | ||||||
| • Rural experience during residency training | < .0001 | < .0003 | < .0001 | |||
| -No residency training | 41 | 46 | 32 | |||
| -Rural, less than 100 km from Winnipeg | 60 | 5 | 64 | |||
| -Rural, more than 100 km from Winnipeg | 72 | 80 | 55* | |||
| -Northern Manitoba | 58 | 100 | ||||
| -Out of Manitoba | 53 | 73 | 40 | |||
| -Rural, location not stated | 56 | 58 | 54 | |||
| -No rural residency experience | 29 | 61 | 26 | |||
| -Any rural experience | 59 | < .0001 | 68 | < .0007 | 52 | < .0001 |
| • Time in rural area during residency training | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | |||
| -No residency training | 41 | 46 | 32 | |||
| -No rural experience | 29 | 61 | 26 | |||
| -Less than 2 wk | 35 | 100 | 36† | |||
| -2 to 4 wk | 46 | 53 | ||||
| -4 to 8 wk | 54 | 49 | 61 | |||
| -More than 8 wk | 76 | 83 | 68 | |||
*
Rural, more than 100 km from Winnipeg, and Northern Manitoba combined.
†
Rural less than 2 wk and rural 2 to 4 wk combined.