Table 3 Associations between dentists’ entrepreneurial intention and relevant factors (N = 336)
Have Entrepreneurial intention (N = 120) N (%) | Do not have Entrepreneurial intention (N = 216) N (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 58 (59.18%) | 40 (40.82%) | < 0.0001 |
Female | 62 (26.05%) | 176 (73.95%) | |
Age (years) | |||
20–25 | 30 (37.5%) | 50 (62.5%) | 0.631 |
26–35 | 57 (33.53%) | 113 (66.47%) | |
36–45 | 21 (42.86%) | 28 (57.14%) | |
46–60 | 12 (32.43%) | 25 (67.57%) | |
Educational level | |||
Associate degree | 28 (38.36%) | 45 (61.64%) | 0.932 |
Bachelor's degree | 34 (36.17%) | 60 (63.83%) | |
Master's degree | 45 (33.83%) | 88 (66.17%) | |
Doctoral degree | 13 (36.11%) | 23 (63.89%) | |
Professional qualification | |||
Intern | 31 (37.35%) | 52 (62.65%) | 0.065 |
Resident | 32 (31.68%) | 69 (68.32%) | |
Attending dentist | 28 (44.44%) | 35 (55.56%) | |
Associate/chief dentists | 18 (46.15%) | 21 (53.85%) | |
Administration | 11 (22.00%) | 39 (78.00%) | |
Years of practice | |||
1 or less | 45 (38.79%) | 71 (61.21%) | 0.588 |
2–5 | 33 (32.35%) | 69 (67.65%) | |
6–10 | 17 (41.46%) | 24 (58.54%) | |
11 or more | 25 (32.47%) | 52 (67.53%) | |
Number of employees at workplace hospital | |||
50 or less | 22 (53.66%) | 19 (46.34%) | 0.041 |
51–100 | 9 (29.03%) | 22 (70.97%) | |
101–200 | 10 (45.45%) | 12 (54.55%) | |
201 or more | 79 (32.64%) | 163 (67.36%) | |
Risk aversion level | |||
1 (very low) | 9 (56.25) | 7 (43.75) | < 0.0001 |
2 (low) | 42 (48.28) | 45 (51.72) | |
3 (neutral) | 31 (31) | 69 (69) | |
4 (high) | 31 (31) | 69 (69) | |
5 (very high) | 7 (21.21) | 26 (78.79) | |
Entrepreneurial family member | |||
Yes | 108 (41.22%) | 154 (58.78%) | < 0.0001 |
No | 12 (16.22%) | 62 (83.78%) |