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Economic and Social Factors behind the Choice of Medical Profession by Saudi Female Students: An applied Study at Qassim University1
Journal of Administrative and Economics Science
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Economic and Social Factors behind the Choice of Medical Profession by Saudi Female Students: An applied Study at Qassim University1
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Khawaja, Muhammed Junaid
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The study is aimed at exploring Saudi female students’ attitudes toward studying medicine.The current study sample consisted of 105 randomly selected female students at Qassim University. Thestudy is based on a questionnaire prepared for this purpose which comprised of 37 questions including thedemographic information. Regression analysis reveals that anticipated salary, desire to learn new things,and having a good job are significant explanatory variables. The regression also shows that femalestudents from high income families are more likely to choose medical profession. Factor AnalysisTechnique is used to identify the factors most important for explaining the motivation for pursuingmedical profession. The factor analysis reveals that factors titled as human capital creation, social capitalacquisition and social environment are the most important in explaining variation in the motivation forchoosing the medical profession.
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Qassim University Academic Publishing and translation
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2016-10-07
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://publications.qu.edu.sa/ojs/index.php/economic/article/view/1335
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Journal Of Administrative And Economics Science; Vol 9, No 1
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eng
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http://publications.qu.edu.sa/ojs/index.php/economic/article/view/1335/1247
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Copyright (c) 2016 Journal Of Administrative And Economics Science
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