Table 3 Relationship between desire to attend graduate school and respondents’ background factors (n = 127)
Number in category | Number wishing to attend graduate school (%) | Unadjusted | P value | Adjusteda | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PD (95 % CI) | PD (95 % CI) | |||||
Increase in postgraduate years, per year | ||||||
Every year | 127 | −5.0 (−8.8 to −1.2) | 0.011 | −6.0 (−9.8 to −2.3) | 0.002 | |
Gender and presence of children | ||||||
Men without children | 71 | 42 (59.2) | Reference | Reference | ||
Men with children | 24 | 15 (62.5) | 3.3 (−20.2 to 26.9) | 0.779 | 9.7 (−20.2 to 39.7) | 0.52 |
Women without children | 27 | 14 (51.9) | −7.3 (−30.3 to 15.7) | 0.530 | −11.6 (−32.7 to 9.6) | 0.281 |
Women with children | 5 | 0 (0.0) | −59.2 (−70.9 to −47.4) | <0.001 | −53.4 (−87.3 to −19.5) | 0.002 |
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 74 | 42 (56.7) | Reference | Reference | ||
Married | 53 | 29 (54.7) | −2.0 (−20.0 to 16.0) | 0.823 | 0.5 (−22.6 to 23.5) | 0.969 |
Location of two−year internship | ||||||
Community hospital | 102 | 58 (56.8) | Reference | Reference | ||
University hospital | 14 | 10 (71.4) | 14.6 (−13.0 to 42.1) | 0.297 | 7.7 (−20.6 to 35.9) | 0.592 |
Both community and university hospitals (“tasukigake”) | 11 | 3 (27.3) | −29.6 (−60.4 to 1.2) | 0.060 | −40.3 (−72.5 to −8.0) | 0.015 |
Affiliated with university ikyoku | ||||||
No | 107 | 57 (53.3) | Reference | Reference | ||
Yes | 20 | 14 (70.0) | 16.7 (−6.7 to 40.2) | 0.16 | 22.6 (2.6 to 42.5) | 0.027 |