Table 3 Relationship between students’ characteristics and total challenges they experienced*
From: Challenges facing international students at Iranian universities: a cross-sectional survey
Variable | N | Mean (SD) | P-Value (Significance) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 165 | 0.10 | 0.18 |
Gender | |||
Male | 84 | 72.53 (22.49) | 0.68 |
Female | 81 | 71.12 (21.44) | |
Marital Status | |||
Single | 143 | 71.60 (21.98) | 0.77 |
Married and living with spouse | 14 | 71.21 (21.90) | |
Married but living far from spouse | 8 | 77.25 (23.24) | |
Having any child | |||
Yes | 15 | 69.73 (23.39) | 0.69 |
No | 150 | 72.05 (21.85) | |
Major | |||
Medical doctor | 117 | 73.76 (21.87) | 0.10 |
Dentistry | 13 | 69.92 (18.67) | |
Others | 35 | 66.14(22.74) | |
Educational level | |||
BSc/MD/DDS | 134 | 73.14 (21.80) | 0.17 |
MSc | 14 | 61.85 (18.58) | |
PhD | 17 | 69.76 (24.34) | |
Length of study in TUMS | |||
 1 year | 11 | 47.00 (15.47) | < 0.001* |
2–3 years | 35 | 68.71 (23.22) | |
> 3 years | 119 | 75.05 (20.54) | |
Having earlier university degree | |||
Yes | 39 | 68.84 (21.29) | 0.31 |
No | 126 | 72.92 (22.10) | |
Place of residence | |||
Dormitory | 147 | 72.56 (22.31) | 0.61 |
Renting a house | 15 | 67.06 (19.44) | |
Owing a house | 2 | 57.00 (5.5) | |