CLI (n = 108) | RLI (n = 114) | |||
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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) |