Table 2.
Means, standard deviations and Pearson correlations of all variables
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gender |
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|
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| 2 |
Stage of education |
|
|
.03 |
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|
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| 3 |
Living together |
|
|
.05 |
.20** |
|
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|
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| 4 |
Choice of continuing medical education |
|
|
.10** |
.01 |
.12** |
|
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|
|
| 5 |
Medical Specialty preference |
|
|
-.10** |
-.08 |
-.14** |
.00 |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Life-style characteristics- external motivation |
3.61 |
.86 |
.18** |
.06 |
.13** |
.26** |
-.11** |
|
|
| 7 |
Professional characteristics - external motivation |
3.35 |
.77 |
-.19** |
-.06* |
-.02 |
-.19** |
.18** |
.15** |
|
| 8 | Personal involvement – intrinsic motivation | 4.33 | .60 | .08** | .15** | .07** | .09** | -.06 | .22** | .11** |
* p < 0.05.; ** p < 0.01.