Table 2 Primary care - selection criteria
| Â | Primary care | Undecided | No primary care | Primary care vs no primary | Primary care | Females vs males | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Females | Males | Â | ||||
N | 98 | 184 | 229 | Â | 41 | 57 | 98 |
Criteria for choosing a specialty | |||||||
 Time with family (1) | 76% | 73% | 65% | p < 0.03 | 85% | 68% | p < 0.05 |
 Specialty with team work | 57% | 54% | 45% | p < 0.04 | 56% | 58% | NS |
 Influence of spouse | 43% | 43% | 31% | p < 0.007 | 49% | 39% | p < 0.05 |
 Specialty that deals with social issues (3) | 42% | 35% | 22% | p < 0.001 | 51% | 35% | p < 0.009 |
 Daytime work only (1) | 26% | 29% | 16% | p < 0.03 | 34% | 19% | p < 0.03 |
 Work only in the community | 9% | 3% | 4% | p < 0.001 | 12% | 7% | NS |
 Procedures/surgery | 43% | 41% | 57% | p < 0.01 | 34% | 49% | p < 0.02 |
 High salary | 36% | 48% | 51% | p < 0.002 | 34% | 38% | NS |
 Opportunity for research (2) | 34% | 37% | 44% | p < 0.05 | 27% | 39% | NS |
 Academic faculty member | 19% | 26% | 30% | p < 0.05 | 24% | 16% | NS |
Criteria for choosing a residency | |||||||
 Much supervision by senior physicians | 53% | 45% | 37% | p < 0.001 | 68% | 42% | p < 0.04 |
 Limited work hours | 29% | 30% | 17% | p < 0.001 | 33% | 27% | NS |
 Short residency (<4.5. years) | 28% | 15% | 12% | p < 0.001 | 29% | 26% | NS |
 Much clinic time (2) | 23% | 16% | 5% | p < 0.001 | 20% | 25% | NS |
 Hospital in the periphery (3) | 19% | 7% | 6% | p < 0.001 | 20% | 19% | NS |
 Leading department (1)a | 67% | 77% | 79% | p < 0.03 | 71% | 65% | NS |
 Large hospitial | 52% | 55% | 62% | p < 0.04 | 59% | 47% | NS |
 Family living location | 78% | 75% | 64% | NS | 88% | 70% | p < 0.05 |
 Making clinical decisions on your own | 66% | 50% | 55% | NS | 56% | 74% | p < 0.05 |
 Pre-determined work hours (2) | 47% | 48% | 35% | NS | 59% | 39% | p < 0.05 |
 Influence of family | 42% | 37% | 31% | NS | 54% | 33% | p < 0.01 |
 Many on-call shifts | 10% | 11% | 12% | NS | 5% | 14% | p < 0.03 |