Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics and Response Rates of All MSU-CHM Students Graduating 1971–2010 (Original Cases) and the Subgroup of Those Students With Complete Responses to the Variables Used for This Study (Complete Cases) With Two-Sample Test for Equality of Proportions with Continuity Correction

Variables & ResponsesTotal Original Cases (N1 = 2,047)Complete Cases (N2 = 430, 21%)Response Rates (%)Embedded Image (df)P values
N3PSDN2PSD
Gender
Female
2,047
1,080

52%

0.50
430
222

52%

0.50
100.000.14 (1)0.712
Race/ethnicity
URM
2,040
350

17%

0.38
430
60

14%

0.35
99.662.41 (1)0.121
Geographic origin
Rural origin
1,903
595

31%

0.46
430
142

33%

0.47
92.970.42 (1)0.515
Practice specialty
PC
1,535
620

40%

0.49
430
197

46%

0.50
74.993.85 (1)0.050
MSQ PCI
Yes
961
550

57%

0.49
430
247

57%

0.50
46.950.00 (1)0.988
GQ PCI
Yes
1,059
431

41%

0.49
430
187

43%

0.50
51.730.87 (1)0.351
Initial PCI
Yes
560
136

24%

0.43
430
107

25%

0.43
27.360.02 (1)0.887
Developed PCI
Yes
560
67

12%

0.32
430
47

11%

0.31
27.360.16 (1)0.686
Never PCI
Yes
560
182

33%

0.47
430
136

32%

0.47
27.360.05 (1)0.824
Always PCI
Yes
560
175

31%

0.46
430
140

33%

0.47
27.360.14 (1)0.712
  • Abbreviations: Total original cases (N1 = 2,047), the number of samples making up the total sample size; Complete cases (N2 = 430) = the number of cases with responses to all variables used for this analyses; N3, the number of cases with responses to each variable (this number varies across the variables); P, proportions of each variable; SD, standard deviation of the proportion; Response rates, the number of people who completed the survey items divided by the number of people who make up the total sample size; Embedded Image, the χ2 test for equality of proportions of each variables between N3 and N2 to evaluate the representativeness of the selected samples across variables; MSU-CHM, Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine; PC, primary care practice; Initial PCI, intention at matriculation-no intention at graduation; Developed PCI, no intention at matriculation-intention at graduation; Never PCI, no intention at matriculation-no intention at graduation; Always PCI, intention at matriculation-intention at graduation.