Table 1 Characteristics of the Kenya survey population

Gender (n, %)

 Male

74 (57.4%)

108 (47.6%)

182 (51.1%)

 Female

55 (42.6%)

114 (50.2%)

169 (47.5%)

 Others/prefer not to say

0

5 (2.2%)

5 (1.4%)

 Age (mean, SD)

27.6 (2.2)

28.9 (2.1)

28.4 (2.3)

Marital status (n, %)

 Single

118 (91.5%)

169 (74.5%)

287 (80.6%)

 Married

11 (8.5%)

54 (23.8%)

65 (18.3%)

 Divorced, widowed and separated

0

4 (1.7%)

4 (1.2%)

Months of internship training completed (for intern only, mean, SD)

6.5 (3.1)

–

Year of completing internship (for medical doctor only, n, %)

 2022

–

52 (22.9%)

 2021

–

54 (23.8%)

 2020

–

60 (26.4%)

 2019

–

42 (18.5%)

 2018

–

19 (8.4%)

Medical school graduated (n, %)

 University of Nairobi

63 (48.8%)

138 (60.8%)

201 (56.5%)

 Kenyatta University

31 (24.0%)

21 (9.3%)

52 (14.6%)

 Kenya Methodist University

2 (1.6%)

18 (7.9%)

20 (5.6%)

 Maseno University

6 (4.7%)

19 (8.4%)

25 (7.0%)

 Jomo Kenyatta University

16 (12.4%)

9 (4.0%)

25 (7.0%)

 Others

11 (8.5%)

22 (9.7%)

35 (9.8%)

Funding for medical school (n, %)

 Completely self-funded

58 (45.0%)

117 (51.5%)

175 (49.2%)

 Received full or partial government scholarship

66 (51.2%)

104 (45.8%)

170 (47.8%)

 Others

5 (3.8%)

6 (2.6%)

11 (3.1%)

Internship hospital ownership (n, %)

 Public

100 (77.5%)

176 (77.5%)

276 (77.5%)

 Private

1 (0.8%)

2 (0.9%)

3 (0.8%)

 Mission

17 (13.2%)

36 (15.9%)

53 (14.9%)

 Others

11 (8.5%)

13 (5.7%)

24 (6.7%)