Table 2.

Respondent characteristics.

	Full Sample: n = 167		Analysis Sample: n = 153		Excluded Sample: n = 14		χ2 (p-Value)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (year), Mean ± SD	28.8	4.5	28.8	4.5	29.1	3.5
Gender							0.026 (0.871)
Male	63	37.7	58	37.9	5	35.7
Female	104	62.3	95	62.1	9	64.3
Birthplace
Rural	59	35.3	53	34.6	6	42.9
Urban	108	64.7	100	65.4	8	57.1
Marital status							0.529 (0.912)
Unmarried	118	70.7	107	69.9	11	78.6
Married	48	28.7	45	29.4	3	21.4
Divorced/Widow	1	0.6	1	0.7	0	0
Monthly consumption (CNY)							3.465 (0.629)
<1500	33	19.8	29	19.0	4	28.6
1500–2500	70	41.9	65	42.5	5	35.7
2500–3500	23	13.8	21	13.7	2	14.3
3500–4500	14	8.4	14	9.2	0	0
4500–5500	4	2.4	3	2.0	1	7.1
>5500	23	13.8	21	13.7	2	14.3
Annual family income (CNY)							2.865 (0.826)
<50,000	29	17.3	25	16.3	4	28.6
50,000–100,000	39	23.3	36	23.5	3	21.4
100,000–150,000	37	22.2	33	21.6	4	28.6
150,000–200,000	22	13.2	21	13.7	1	7.1
200,000–250,000	12	7.2	11	7.2	1	7.1
250,000–300,000	8	4.8	8	5.2	0	0
>300,000	20	12.0	19	12.4	1	7.1
Will you take a job related to your major after graduation?							0.971 (0.615)
Yes	131	78.4	121	79.1	10	71.4
No	3	1.8	3	2.0	0	0
Not sure	33	19.8	29	18.9	4	28.6
Career planning (multiple-choice: Times was selected)
University or scientific research institution			126
Hospital			63
CDCs			18
Government agency			71
Pharmaceutical company			39
Others			6

SD: standard deviation; CNY: Chinese yuan; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.