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Table 2 Demographics of the sample, by MS* group (n for MS group and response rate^)

From: The temporal decline of idealism in two cohorts of medical students at one institution

 

MS1/T1

MS1/T2

MS2/T1

MS2/T2

MS3/T3

MS4/T3

n = 159 99.4%

n = 145 90.6%

n = 140 87.5%

n = 147 91.9%

n = 100 57.1%

n = 89 53.9%

Gender

      

  Male

96

82

75

81

44

48

  Female

63

63

65

66

47

36

Race

      

  White

103

97

87

94

54

63

  Black/African American

24

19

22

25

13

5

  Asian

29

26

23

26

16

9

  Native American

0

0

2

2

0

0

  Other

3

3

6

0

5

1

Hispanic

      

  Yes

7

7

1

1

6

3

  No

152

138

139

146

85

81

Attended High School in USA

      

  Yes

147

136

125

132

90

85

  No

12

9

15

15

10

4

Marital status

      

  Single

151

137

107

119

78

58

  Married

6

6

23

23

11

26

  Divorced

1

1

3

3

0

0

Rural origins

      

  Rural

14

13

16

16

9

8

  Non-rural

145

132

124

131

91

81

  1. *MS1 = First-year medical students; MS2 = Second-year medical students; MS3 = Third-year medical students; MS4 = Fourth-year medical students; T1 = beginning of the academic year; T2 = end of the academic year.
  2. ^Sampling frame assumed to be 160 students for MS1 & MS2 surveys; 175 for MS3; 165 for MS4.