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Table 1 Study population demographics and academic background

From: Self-reported influence of monetary grants in the choice of a medical residency in remote or under-served areas

 

CLI (n = 108)

RLI (n = 114)

 

Mean (SD)

p

Age (years)

32.3 (±2.8)

32.4 (±4.5)

0.798

 

n (%)

 

Male gender

59 (55)

83 (74)

0.005

Personal status

Single

32 (30)

30 (27)

0.638

Married/long term commitment

75 (70)

81 (73)

Financial background A

Below average

5 (5)

14 (12)

< 0.001

Average

37 (36)

64 (56)

Above average

48 (47)

30 (26)

Significantly above average

12 (12)

6 (5)

Community of origin

Central

77 (71)

18 (16)

< 0.001

Remote

14 (13)

67 (59)

Immigrant

9 (8)

12 (11)

Spouse’s community of origin

Central

55 (74)

16 (23)

< 0.001

Remote

10 (14)

44 (62)

Immigrant

9 (12)

11 (15)

Medical school in Israel

58 (56)

29 (26)

< 0.001

Remotely-based clinical rotations during training

57 (53)

89 (78)

< 0.001

Internship in a RLI

10 (10)

68 (65)

< 0.001

Internship and residency in the same institution

38 (35)

47 (42)

0.355

Residency in a field with dire manpower shortage

54 (50)

60 (54)

0.596

Stage of decision on current residency

Before clinical studies

14 (14)

11 (10)

0.406

Clinical studies

29 (30)

24 (23)

Internship

30 (31)

42 (40)

Post-internship

24 (25)

29 (27)

  1. (A) The single participant who responded “significantly below average” was counted as “below average”