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Table 1 Respondent demographics by medical school and year group

From: A survey of factors influencing career preference in new-entrant and exiting medical students from four UK medical schools

Year 1

Respondents

Aberdeen [n = 347]

Dundee [n = 213]

Edinburgh [n = 345]

Glasgow [n = 424]

Total [n = 1329]

Statistics

Gender, n [%]

x2 = 7.123

 Female

208 [59.9]

136 [63.8]

211 [61.2]

227 [54.0]

782 [59.0]

d.f. = 3

 Male

139 [40.1]

77 [36.2]

134 [38.8]

193 [46.0]

543 [41.0]

p = 0.068

Age group, years, n [%]

x2 = 23.786

 ≤21

295 [85.0]

190 [89.2]

326 [94.5]

355 [83.7]

1166 [87.7]

d.f. = 3

 >21

52 [15.0]

23 [10.8]

19 [5.5]

69 [16.3]

163 [12.3]

p ≤ 0.001

Country of birth, n [%]

x2 = 26.369

 Scotland

183 [52.9]

109 [51.7]

174 [50.7]

176 [42.3]

642 [48.8]

d.f. = 6

 Rest of UK

89 [25.7]

59 [28.0]

108 [31.5]

174 [41.8]

430 [32.7]

p ≤ 0.001

 Other

74 [21.4]

43 [20.4]

61 [17.8]

66 [15.9]

244 [18.5]

 

Ethnic group, n [%]

x2 = 14.956

 White

293 [84.4]

179 [85.2]

259 [74.9]

347 [83.2]

1078 [81.7]

d.f. = 3

 Other

54 [15.6]

31 [14.8]

87 [25.1]

70 [16.8]

242 [18.3]

p = 0.002

Socio-economic status, class, n [%]

x2 = 7.578

 I and II

302 [87.5]

174 [83.7]

316 [91.3]

369 [88.5]

1161 [88.2]

d.f. = 3

 Other

43 [12.5]

34 [16.3]

30 [8.7]

48 [11.5]

155 [11.8]

p = 0.056

Year 5

Aberdeen [n = 285]

Dundee [n = 257]

Edinburgh [n = 244]

Glasgow [n = 215]

Total [n = 1001]

Statistics

Gender, n [%]

x2 = 13.056

 Female

170 [59.6]

171 [66.5]

172 [70.5]

159 [74.0]

672 [67.1]

d.f. = 3

 Male

115 [40.4]

86 [33.5]

72 [29.5]

56 [26.0]

329 [32.9]

p = 0.005

Age group, years, n [%]

x2 = 23.838

 ≤21

242 [86.4]

209 [81.3]

230 [95.4]

179 [84.0]

860 [86.8]

d.f. = 3

 >21

38 [13.6]

48 [18.7]

11 [4.6]

34 [16.0]

131 [13.2]

p ≤ 0.001

Country of birth, n [%]

x2 = 54.849

 Scotland

125 [44.2]

129 [50.0]

80 [33.3]

125 [58.4]

459 [46.1]

d.f. = 6

 Rest of UK

83 [29.3]

93 [36.0]

121 [50.4]

63 [29.4]

360 [36.2]

p ≤ 0.001

 Other

75 [26.5]

36 [14.0]

39 [16.2]

26 [12.1]

176 [17.7]

 

Ethnic group, n [%]

x2 = 10.949

 White

225 [80.1]

214 [84.6]

192 [78.7]

189 [89.2]

820 [82.8]

d.f. = 3

 Other

56 [19.9]

39 [15.4]

52 [21.3]

23 [10.8]

170 [17.2]

p = 0.012

Socio-economic status, class, n [%]

x2 = 6.620

 I and II

226 [83.1]

219 [87.6]

215 [89.6]

174 [82.9]

834 [85.8]

d.f. = 3

 Other

46 [16.9]

31 [12.4]

25 [10.4]

36 [17.1]

138 [14.2]

p = 0.085