Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of ‘High achievers’ and ‘Low achievers’

Mean age (±SD)*

26.0 (±0.9)

26.7 (±0.7)

Gender

Male

27 (60.0%)

24 (53.3%)

Female

18 (40.0%)

21 (46.7%)

Ethnicity

Sinhalese

39 (86.6%)

41 (91.1%)

Tamil

3 (6.7%)

3 (6.7%)

Moor

3 (6.7%)

1 (2.2%)

District of Selection*

Colombo

31 (68.9%)

11 (24.4%)

Other

14 (31.1%)

34 (75.6%)

Province of residence*

Western

37 (82.2%)

20 (44.4%)

Other

8 (17.8%)

25 (55.6%)