marginally significantp = 0.054
Neither gender (χ 2 = 1.826; p = 0.401) nor employment sector (χ 2 = 2.881; p = 0.984) was associated with interest in academia, although age showed a marginally significant association (χ 2 = 15.275; p = 0.054), with the younger optometrists more likely to display this interest.