Table 2.

Motivation for medicine and the effect on future specialty

	Total		Primary Care		Family Medicine		Non-Primary Care		Don’t Know
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total
Altruistic	435	67%	153	78%	53	85%	214	58%	68	76%
Intrinsic	217	33%	42	22%	9	15%	153	42%	22	24%
Year 1
Altruistic	216	63%	68	93%	31	94%	125	52%	23	79%
Intrinsic	127	37%	5	7%	2	6%	116	48%	6	21%
Year 4
Altruistic	120	76%	50	76%	17	74%	47	78%	23	74%
Intrinsic	37	24%	16	24%	6	26%	13	22%	8	26%
Year 6
Altruistic	99	65%	35	63%	5	83%	42	64%	22	73%
Intrinsic	53	35%	21	38%	1	17%	24	36%	8	27%

Source: Authors’ own work