Table 1.

Characteristics of participants by level of interest in choosing GM/FM as a career

		General physician/family physician, N (%)
	Total	Most interested	Interested	Others
Characteristics	N=368	N=69	N=156	N=143	P for trend
Gender
Women	141 (38.3)	27 (39.1)	63 (40.4)	51 (35.7)	0.695
Men	227 (61.7)	42 (60.9)	93 (59.6)	92 (64.3)
Age, years	21.4±3.6	21.3±2.3	21.7±4.0	21.2±3.6	0.538
Academic year
1st–2nd	179 (48.6)	31 (44.9)	69 (44.2)	79 (55.2)	0.129
3rd–5th	189 (51.4)	38 (55.1)	87 (55.8)	64 (44.8)
Admission from hometown
Yes	168 (45.7)	43 (62.3)**	64 (41.0)	61 (42.7)	0.008
No	200 (54.3)	26 (37.7)	92 (59.0)	82 (57.3)
Public high school graduation
Yes	195 (53.0)	46 (66.7) ***	85 (54.5)	64 (44.8)	0.010
No	173 (47.0)	23 (33.3)	71 (45.5)	79 (55.2)
Combined junior high and high school graduation
Yes	164 (44.6)	22 (31.9)**	66 (42.3)	76 (53.1)	0.011
No	204 (55.4)	47 (68.1)	90 (57.7)	67 (46.9)
Admission by a special policy
Yes	23 (6.3)	9 (13.0)*	8 (5.1)	6 (4.2)	0.033
No	345 (93.8)	60 (87.0)	148 (94.9)	137 (95.8)
Student preparing for the entrance exam next year
Yes	175 (47.6)	40 (58.0)	67 (42.9)	68 (47.6)	0.115
No	193 (52.4)	29 (42.0)	89 (57.1)	75 (52.4)
Presence of medical relatives
Yes	162 (44.0)	23 (33.3)	72 (46.2)	67 (46.9)	0.139
No	206 (56.0)	46 (66.7)	84 (53.8)	76 (53.1)
Growing up in a rural area
Yes	47 (12.8)	10 (14.5)	18 (11.5)	19 (13.3)	0.809
No	321 (87.2)	59 (85.5)	138 (88.5)	124 (86.7)
Intent for rural practice
Yes	66 (17.9)	20 (29.0)**	27 (17.3)	19 (13.3)	0.020
No	302 (82.1)	49 (71.0)	129 (82.7)	124 (86.7)

P for trend from ANOVA for continuing variables and χ²-test for categorical variables.

^*P<0.05

^**P<0.01

^***P<0.005 versus ‘other’ groups. Numbers in bold indicate significance (p<0.05).