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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Sample

From: Evaluation of medical student self-rated preparedness to care for limited english proficiency patients

 

All Students

LEP preparedness

 
  

Prepared

 

Unprepared

P value

 

N = 368

N

 

%

 

N

 

%

 

Gender

        

0.55

   Male

44.8%

90

 

43.5%

 

75

 

46.6%

 

   Female

55.2%

117

 

56.5%

 

86

 

53.4%

 

First language

        

0.58

   English

75.0%

153

 

73.9%

 

123

 

76.4%

 

   Other

25.0%

54

 

26.1%

 

38

 

23.6%

 

Year in medical school

        

<0.001*

   Year 1

27.7%

43

 

20.8%

 

59

 

36.6%

 

   Year 2

24.2%

40

 

19.3%

 

49

 

30.4%

 

   Year 3

18.2%

45

 

21.7%

 

22

 

13.7%

 

   Year 4

22.8%

61

 

29.5%

 

23

 

14.3%

 

   Other

7.1%

18

 

8.7%

 

8

 

5.0%

 

Race/Ethnicity

        

0.11

   White, not Hispanic

46.7%

106

 

51.2%

 

66

 

41.0%

 

   Black, not Hispanic

6.8%

11

 

5.3%

 

14

 

8.7%

 

   Asian or Pacific Islander

31.3%

55

 

26.6%

 

60

 

37.3%

 

   Native American or Alaskan

0.8%

2

 

1.0%

 

1

 

0.6%

 

   Hispanic/Latino

5.7%

15

 

7.2%

 

6

 

3.7%

 

   Other

8.7%

18

 

8.7%

 

14

 

8.7%

 
  1. *P < 0.05, as significant.