| Characteristic | No. (%) of graduates | p value | No. (%) of graduates | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working outside Canada n = 222 | Working in Canada n = 1642 | Working outside NL n = 1226 | Working in NL n = 638 | |||
| Sex | 0.01 | 0.2 | ||||
| Male | 138 (62.2) | 870 (53.0) | 676 (55.1) | 332 (52.0) | ||
| Female | 84 (37.8) | 772 (47.0) | 550 (44.9) | 306 (48.0) | ||
| Rural background | n = 220 | n = 1619 | 0.002 | n = 1205 | n = 634 | < 0.001 |
| No | 173 (78.6) | 1106 (68.3) | 890 (73.9) | 389 (61.4) | ||
| Yes | 47 (21.4) | 513 (31.7) | 315 (26.1) | 245 (38.6) | ||
| From Canada | n = 221 | n = 1628 | < 0.001 | n = 1216 | n = 633 | < 0.001 |
| No | 56 (25.3) | 27 (1.7) | 79 (6.5) | 4 (0.6) | ||
| Yes | 165 (74.7) | 1601 (98.3) | 1137 (93.5) | 629 (99.4) | ||
| From NL | n = 221 | n = 1628 | < 0.001 | n = 1215 | n = 634 | < 0.001 |
| No | 98 (44.3) | 377 (23.2) | 447 (36.8) | 28 (4.4) | ||
| Yes | 123 (55.7) | 1251 (76.8) | 768 (63.2) | 606 (95.6) | ||
| Year of graduation | 0.006 | < 0.001 | ||||
| 1973–1979 | 50 (22.5) | 241 (14.7) | 196 (16.0) | 95 (14.9) | ||
| 1980–1989 | 64 (28.8) | 450 (27.4) | 361 (29.4) | 153 (24.0) | ||
| 1990–1999 | 49 (22.1) | 497 (30.3) | 371 (30.3) | 175 (27.4) | ||
| 2000–2008 | 59 (26.6) | 454 (27.6) | 298 (24.3) | 215 (33.7) | ||
| Some or all residency training at MUN | n = 221 | n = 1621 | < 0.001 | n = 1210 | n = 632 | < 0.001 |
| No | 120 (54.3) | 675 (41.6) | 671 (55.5) | 124 (19.6) | ||
| Yes | 101 (45.7) | 946 (58.4) | 539 (44.5) | 508 (80.4) | ||
| Specialty | n = 1641 | 0.5 | n = 1225 | 0.01 | ||
| Specialist | 131 (59.0) | 926 (56.4) | 720 (58.8) | 337 (52.8) | ||
| GP/FP | 91 (41.0) | 715 (43.6) | 505 (41.2) | 301 (47.2) | ||
| Age at graduation, yr | n = 221 | n = 1632 | 0.4 | n = 1221 | n = 632 | 0.9 |
| < 30 | 182 (82.4) | 1379 (84.5) | 1028 (84.2) | 533 (84.3) | ||
| ≥ 30 | 39 (17.6) | 253 (15.5) | 193 (15.8) | 99 (15.7) | ||
Note: GP/FP = general practitioner or family physician, MUN = Memorial University or Newfoundland.