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. 2021 Sep 22;305(1):129–137. doi: 10.1007/s00404-021-06232-2

Table 2.

Factors that positively influence the choice of a specialty

Likert scale (mean) p value
Female Male
Collegiality and a good working atmosphere 4.6 4.4 0.089
Wide range of subject matter 4.0 3.9 0.283
Even gender distribution among colleagues 3.8 3.6 0.099
Manual work and surgery 3.6 3.4 0.211
Emergency situations 3.4 3.6 0.266
Night and shift work 3.2 2.9 0.088
Scientific work 2.6 2.9 0.045
Accepting greater workloads and career competition 2.4 2.7 0.022
Status and prestige of the specialty 1.9 2.3 0.0016

Mean Likert scale (“1” = completely disagree; “5” = completely agree) depicting factors that positively influence the choice of a specialty

Statistically significant answers are depicted in bold