Research Article
The Brain Drain Potential of Students in the African Health and Nonhealth Sectors
Table 3
Intended health profession by sex.
| | Profession | Male (%) | Female (%) | Total (%) |
| | Nursing/midwifery | 30 | 43 | 39 | | Medicine | 30 | 10 | 17 | | Dental surgery | 3 | 11 | 8 | | Radiography | 6 | 9 | 8 | | Pharmacy | 12 | 5 | 8 | | Occupational therapy | 5 | 8 | 7 | | Public health | 3 | 3 | 3 | | Biomedical technology | 2 | 4 | 3 | | Physiotherapy | 3 | 2 | 2 | | Homeopathy | 1 | 3 | 2 | | Health administration | 2 | 0 | 1 | | Medical laboratory | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Prosthodontics | 1 | <1 | 1 | | Biomedicine | 0 | <1 | <1 |
| | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| | N | 413 | 235 | 648 |
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Valid chi-square test and cc = 0.331.
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