| Characteristic | No. (%) of graduates | p value | No. (%) of graduates | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working outside rural Canada n = 1647 | Working in rural Canada n = 217 | Working outside rural NL n = 1772 | Working in rural NL n = 92 | |||
| Sex | 0.09 | 0.3 | ||||
| Male | 879 (53.4) | 129 (59.4) | 953 (53.8) | 55 (59.8) | ||
| Female | 768 (46.6) | 88 (40.6) | 819 (46.2) | 37 (40.2) | ||
| Rural background | n = 1627 | n = 212 | < 0.001 | n = 1747 | < 0.001 | |
| No | 1174 (72.2) | 105 (49.5) | 1246 (71.3) | 33 (35.9) | ||
| Yes | 453 (27.8) | 107 (50.5) | 501 (28.7) | 59 (64.1) | ||
| From Canada | n = 1635 | n = 214 | 0.049 | n = 1757 | 0.03 | |
| No | 79 (4.8) | 4 (1.9) | 83 (4.7) | 0 | ||
| Yes | 1556 (95.2) | 210 (98.1) | 1674 (95.3) | 92 (100.0) | ||
| From NL | n = 1635 | n = 214 | 0.3 | n = 1757 | < 0.001 | |
| No | 426 (26.1) | 49 (22.9) | 473 (26.9) | 2 (2.2) | ||
| Yes | 1209 (73.9) | 165 (77.1) | 1284 (73.1) | 90 (97.8) | ||
| Year of graduation | 0.02 | 0.08 | ||||
| 1973–1979 | 253 (15.4) | 38 (17.5) | 271 (15.3) | 20 (21.7) | ||
| 1980–1989 | 458 (27.8) | 56 (25.8) | 496 (28.0) | 18 (19.6) | ||
| 1990–1999 | 467 (28.4) | 79 (36.4) | 513 (29.0) | 33 (35.9) | ||
| 2000–2008 | 469 (28.5) | 44 (20.3) | 492 (27.8) | 21 (22.8) | ||
| Some or all residency training at MUN | n = 1628 | n = 214 | 0.003 | n = 1750 | < 0.001 | |
| No | 723 (44.4) | 72 (33.6) | 783 (44.7) | 12 (13.0) | ||
| Yes | 905 (55.6) | 142 (66.4) | 967 (55.3) | 80 (87.0) | ||
| Specialty | n = 1646 | < 0.001 | n = 1771 | < 0.001 | ||
| Specialist | 994 (60.4) | 63 (29.0) | 1035 (58.4) | 22 (23.9) | ||
| GP/FP | 652 (39.6) | 154 (71.0) | 736 (41.6) | 70 (76.1) | ||
| Age at graduation, yr | n = 1637 | n = 216 | 0.6 | n = 1761 | 0.9 | |
| < 30 | 1382 (84.4) | 179 (82.9) | 1484 (84.3) | 77 (83.7) | ||
| ≥ 30 | 255 (15.6) | 37 (17.1) | 277 (15.7) | 15 (16.3) | ||
Note: GP/FP = general practitioner or family physician, MUN = Memorial University or Newfoundland.