Table 3.
Relationship between confounding factors and level of interest in choosing GM/FM as a career
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| Characteristics | r (p-value) | β (p-value) | r (p-value) | β (p-value) |
| Gender (Men: 1, Women: 0) | −0.008 (0.878) | – | −0.033 (0.525) | – |
| Age | −0.020 (0.695) | – | 0.017 (0.740) | – |
| Academic year | 0.036 (0.495) | – | 0.089 (0.088) | 0.120 (0.023) |
| Admission from hometown | 0.161 (0.002) | 0.189 (0.001) | 0.188 (0.024) | – |
| Public high school graduation | 0.132 (0.011) | – | 0.158 (0.002) | 0.157 (0.002) |
| Combined junior high and high school graduation | −0.123 (0.019) | – | −0.157 (0.003) | – |
| Admission by a special policy | 0.135 (0.010) | – | 0.117 (0.025) | 0.105 (0.043) |
| Student preparing for the entrance exam | 0.100 (0.055) | 0.172 (0.001) | 0.053 (0.306) | – |
| Presence of medical relatives | −0.103 (0.047) | −0.107 (0.037) | −0.045 (0.384) | – |
| Growing up in a rural area | 0.025 (0.636) | – | −0.012 (0.814) | – |
| Intent for rural practice | 0.138 (0.008) | 0.123 (0.016) | 0.138 (0.008) | 0.128 (0.014) |
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| Educational experience | 0.054 (0.300) | – | 0.050 (0.340) | – |
| Job security | 0.037 (0.483) | – | 0.041 (0.438) | – |
| Advice from others | 0.056 (0.288) | – | 0.028 (0.593) | – |
| Work–life balance | 0.092 (0.079) | 0.126 (0.013) | 0.067 (0.199) | – |
| Scientific orientation | −0.098 (0.061) | −0.125 (0.013) | −0.136 (0.009) | −0.116 (0.024) |
| Personal reasons | 0.025 (0.629) | – | 0.034 (0.521) | – |
| R 2 | – | 0.085 (<0.001) | – | 0.082 ( p< 0.001) |
r, Pearson's correlation coefficient; β, standardized coefficient; R 2, coefficient of determination. ‘–’ was not retained in the final model by multiple linear regression analysis (stepwise method). Numbers in bold indicate significance (p<0.05).