Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics according to gender in medical students of 11 countries of Latin America.
| Variable | Total | Male | Female | Male/ Female | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
| 9235 | (100) | 4277 | (46.3) | 4958 | (53.7) | |||
| Sociodemographic | ||||||||
| Age* | 20.4 | (2.9) | 20.7 | (3.1) | 20.1 | (2.7) | <0.001 | |
| Having children | 0.013 | |||||||
| Yes | 378 | (4.1) | 199 | (4.7) | 179 | (3.7) | ||
| No | 8772 | (95.9) | 4045 | (95.3) | 4727 | (96.4) | ||
| Year of study | 0.016 | |||||||
| First | 5939 | (64.3) | 2695 | (63.0) | 3244 | (65.4) | 1.20 | |
| Fifth | 3296 | (35.7) | 1582 | (37.0) | 1714 | (34.6) | 1.08 | |
| Current paid work ¶ | <0.001 | |||||||
| Yes | 800 | (8.7) | 497 | (11.7) | 303 | (6.2) | 0.60 | |
| No | 8387 | (91.3) | 3760 | (88.3) | 4627 | (93.8) | 1.23 | |
| University | ||||||||
| Country | <0.001 | |||||||
| Bolivia | 1429 | (15.5) | 607 | (42.5) | 822 | (57.5) | 1.35 | |
| Chile | 487 | (5.3) | 257 | (52.8) | 230 | (47.2) | 0.89 | |
| Colombia | 1291 | (13.9) | 601 | (46.6) | 690 | (53.5) | 1.14 | |
| Costa Rica | 138 | (1.5) | 60 | (43.5) | 78 | (56.5) | 1.30 | |
| Ecuador | 517 | (5.6) | 290 | (56.1) | 227 | (43.1) | 0.78 | |
| El Salvador | 89 | (1.0) | 40 | (44.9) | 49 | (55.1) | 1.22 | |
| Honduras | 924 | (10.0) | 412 | (44.6) | 512 | (55.4) | 1.24 | |
| México | 188 | (2.0) | 99 | (52.7) | 89 | (47.3) | 0.89 | |
| Paraguay | 127 | (1.4) | 61 | (48.0) | 66 | (52.0) | 1.08 | |
| Perú | 3253 | (35.2) | 1578 | (48.0) | 1675 | (52.0) | 1.06 | |
| Venezuela | 792 | (8.6) | 272 | (34.3) | 520 | (65.7) | 1.91 | |
| Located in the capital | <0.001 | |||||||
| Yes | 3047 | (33.0) | 1296 | (30.3) | 1751 | (35.3) | 1.35 | |
| No | 6188 | (67.0) | 2981 | (69.7) | 3207 | (64.7) | 1.07 | |
| Private | <0.001 | |||||||
| Yes | 3379 | (36.6) | 1483 | (34.7) | 1896 | (38.2) | 1.27 | |
| No | 5856 | (63.4) | 2794 | (65.3) | 3062 | (61.8) | 1.12 | |
| Career | ||||||||
| Family member who is a doctor ¶ | 0.206 | |||||||
| Yes | 4722 | (51.3) | 2155 | (50.6) | 2567 | (59.9) | 1.19 | |
| No | 4479 | (48.7) | 2103 | (49.4) | 2376 | (48.1) | 1.12 | |
| # of jobs in 10 years | <0.001 | |||||||
| One | 1482 | (16.6) | 730 | (17.7) | 752 | (15.7) | 1.03 | |
| Two | 5570 | (62.4) | 2429 | (58.8) | 3141 | (65.4) | 1.29 | |
| Three | 1226 | (13.7) | 587 | (14.2) | 639 | (13.3) | 1.08 | |
| More than three | 652 | (7.30) | 383 | (9.30) | 269 | (5.6) | 0.45 | |
| Expectation of income in 10 years¶ | <0.001 | |||||||
| < = 2000 $ | 2524 | (38.2) | 1170 | (34.8) | 1354 | (41.8) | 1.15 | |
| 2001–5000 $ | 2434 | (36.9) | 1255 | (37.4) | 1179 | (36.4) | 0.93 | |
| > 5000 $ | 1641 | (24.9) | 933 | (27.8) | 708 | (21.8) | 0.75 | |
*Mean and standard deviation
¶ Present some missing data