Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey respondents
From: Still in the closet: the invisible minority in medical education
Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 628 (47.1) |
Female | 706 (52.9) |
Transgender | 0 (0) |
NA | 1 (0.1) |
Age | |
Under 18 | 1 (0.1) |
18–25 | 611 (45.8) |
26–35 | 669 (50.1) |
36–45 | 48 (3.6) |
46–55 | 6 (0.4) |
Over 55 | 0 (0) |
Race | |
White | 1047 (78.4) |
Nonwhite | 256 (19.2) |
NA | 32 (2.4) |
Religion | |
Christian | 843 (63.1) |
No religion | 234 (17.5) |
Personal spirituality | 117 (8.8) |
Jewish | 30 (2.2) |
Other | 28 (2.1) |
NA | 26 (1.9) |
Buddhist | 24 (1.8) |
Muslim | 18 (1.3) |
Hindu | 15 (1.1) |
School attended | |
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine | 422 (31.5) |
Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific | 261 (19.6) |
A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine | 249 (18.7) |
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona | 163 (12.2) |
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine | 123 (9.2) |
University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine | 106 (7.9) |
NA | 11 (0.8) |
Year in school | |
1st year | 410 (30.7) |
2nd year | 394 (29.5) |
3rd year | 272 (20.4) |
4th year | 253 (19.0) |
NA | 6 (0.4) |
Self-identified sexual orientation | |
Heterosexual only | 1135 (85.0) |
Heterosexual mostly | 115 (8.6) |
Heterosexual/gay-lesbian equally | 19 (1.4) |
Gay/lesbian mostly | 25 (1.9) |
Gay/lesbian only | 41 (3.1) |