Table 1 Participants’ demographics
Characteristics | Men n = 358 (58.9%) | Women n = 249 (41.1%) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Group of age | |||||
21–30 | 77 | 21.5% | 84 | 33.3% | < 0.001 |
31–40 | 126 | 35.2% | 101 | 40.1% | |
41–50 | 61 | 17.0% | 34 | 13.5% | |
> 50 | 94 | 26.3% | 33 | 13.1% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 252 | 100.0% | |
Medical specialties | |||||
Clinical | 151 | 42.2% | 95 | 38.2% | 0.010 |
Surgical | 49 | 13.7% | 10 | 4.0% | |
Clinical-Surgical | 31 | 8.7% | 13 | 5.2% | |
Diagnostics | 14 | 3.9% | 8 | 3.2% | |
Without specialty | 113 | 31.6% | 123 | 49.4% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 249 | 100.0% | |
Place of study | |||||
Local | 334 | 93.3% | 233 | 93.6% | 0.892 |
Foreign | 24 | 6.7% | 16 | 6.4% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 249 | 100.0% | |
Type of University | |||||
Public | 233 | 21.5% | 153 | 61% | 0.01 |
Private | 89 | 24.9% | 75 | 30% | |
Co-financed | 12 | 3.4% | 3 | 1% | |
International | 24 | 6.7% | 18 | 7% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 249 | 100% | |
Region of the country | |||||
Coast | 123 | 34.4% | 68 | 27.3% | 0.172 |
Mountain | 203 | 56.7% | 162 | 65.1% | |
Amazonia | 24 | 6.7% | 12 | 4.8% | |
Insular | 8 | 2.2% | 7 | 2.8% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 249 | 100.0% | |
Main Practice setting | |||||
Public (MoPH) | 182 | 50.8% | 141 | 56.6% | 0.429 |
Private | 94 | 26.3% | 51 | 20.5% | |
IESS (Social security) | 66 | 18.4% | 41 | 16.5% | |
ISSFA (Army) | 3 | 0.8% | 4 | 1.6% | |
ISSPOL (National Police) | 4 | 1.1% | 4 | 1.6% | |
Not working | 9 | 2.5% | 8 | 3.2% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 249 | 100.0% | |
Functions | |||||
Academy | 21 | 5.9% | 14 | 5.6% | 0.651 |
Medical care | 329 | 91.9% | 225 | 90.4% | |
Administrative | 5 | 1.4% | 6 | 2.4% | |
Other | 3 | 0.8% | 4 | 1.6% | |
Total | 358 | 100.0% | 249 | 100.0% | |