Table 2.
Baseline characteristics.
| Baseline characteristics (%, per column) | Overall n = 554 | Undergraduates n = 242 | Postgraduates n = 312 | P-value a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Likelihood of becoming GP, median (IQR) | 8 (7-9) | 7 (5-8) | 9 (7-10) | <0.001 | |||
| Female, n (%) | 352 (66) | 128 (59) | 224 (72) | 0.002 | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 29.5 (4.75) | 25.9 (2.42) | 32 (4.35) | ||||
| Language, n (%) | 0.009 | ||||||
| German | 311 (56) | 151 (62) | 160 (51) | ||||
| French | 243 (44) | 91 (38) | 152 (49) | ||||
| Region b , n (%) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Lake Geneva region | 174 (33) | 67 (31) | 107 (34) | ||||
| Swiss plateau | 153 (29) | 46 (21) | 107 (34) | ||||
| Northwestern Switzerland | 58 (11) | 30 (14) | 28 (9) | ||||
| Zurich | 69 (13) | 37 (17) | 32 (11) | ||||
| Eastern Switzerland | 39 (7) | 20 (9) | 19 (6) | ||||
| Central Switzerland | 29 (5) | 11 (5) | 18 (6) | ||||
| Ticino | 8 (2) | 7 (3) | 1 (0) | ||||
| University c , n (%) | |||||||
| Bern | 55 (25) | ||||||
| Basel | 30 (14) | ||||||
| Zurich | 52 (24) | ||||||
| Geneva | 47 (21) | ||||||
| Lausanne | 34 (16) |
SD = standard deviation.
IQR = interquartile range.
a
Chi 2 for categorical data, t-test for normally distributed continuous data, Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test for not-normally distributed data.
b
work region for postgraduates, home region for undergraduates.
c
asked in undergraduates only.