Table 5.
Results of backward stepwise linear regression analyses of each factor, modeled^ as an outcome of MS2/T2
| Factors | Predictors | β(sig) | Model summary |
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| How important are the following factors in considering your career in medicine? | |||
| Employment and job security | Year and test | 0.069 (0.111) | R 2=0.021 |
| Rural/urban (rural=1) | −0.381 (0.010)** | F=4.393 (0.013) | |
| Idealism in medicine | Year and test | −0.081 (0.054) | R 2=0.075 |
| White/Caucasian | −0.587 (<0.001)** | F=16.970 (<0.001) | |
| Attraction to medicine | Year and test | 0.018 (0.659) | |
| White/Caucasian | 0.431 (<0.001)** | R 2=0.059 | |
| Gender | 0.278 (0.003)** | F=6.501 (<0.001) | |
| Married | −0.345 (0.029)* | ||
| Status and income | Year and test | 0.153 (<0.001)** | |
| Gender | −0.383 (<0.001)** | R 2=0.082 | |
| Rural/urban | 0.355 (0.013)* | F=9.316 (<0.001) | |
| Married | −0.354 (0.027)* | ||
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| How important are the following factors in considering your choice for a specialty? | |||
| Career and prestige | Year and test | 0.067 (0.121) | R 2=0.033 |
| Married | −0.608 (<0.001)** | F=7.156 (0.001) | |
| Lifestyle and family | Year and test | 0.098 (0.023)* | R 2=0.035 |
| Gender | 0.288 (0.003)** | F=7.456 (0.001) | |
| Idealism in specialty choice | Year and test | −0.066 (0.126) | R 2=0.051 |
| White/Caucasian | −0.402 (<0.001)** | F=7.342 (<0.001) | |
| Gender | 0.205 (0.040)* | ||
| Debt over content interest | Year and test | 0.009 (0.837) | R 2=0.053 |
| White/Caucasian | −0.422 (<0.001)** | F=7.644 (<0.001) | |
| Married | 0.405 (0.012)* | ||
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| Attitudes toward primary care | |||
| Value of PC skills | Year and test | −0.055 (0.214) | R 2=0.018 |
| Gender | 0.253 (0.013)* | F=3.703 (0.025) | |
| Considering PC career | Year and test | −0.063 (0.151) | R 2=0.033 |
| White/Caucasian | −0.363 (0.001)** | F=4.642 (0.003) | |
| Rural/Urban | 0.317 (0.043)* | ||
| Negative/antagonistic view of PC | Year and test | 0.122 (0.004)** | R 2=0.079 |
| White/Caucasian | −0.422 (<0.001)** | F=11.765 (<0.001) | |
| Rural/Urban | −0.349 (0.019)* | ||
| Negative/sympathetic view of PC | Year and test | 0.126 (0.004)** | R 2=0.040 |
| Married | 0.396 (0.017)* | F=8.672 (<0.001) | |
*
Significant at the 0.05 level
**
significant at the 0.01 level.
^
Controlling for race (White=1), ethnicity (Hispanic=1), rural or urban (1/0) origin, gender (female=1), marital status (married=1). Predictors displayed are those left in the final model produced by backward stepwise entry of covariates.