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Table 2 Participants’ demographics

From: The fairness, predictive validity and acceptability of multiple mini interview in an internationally diverse student population- a mixed methods study

 

Total sample (100%, n = 109)

EU origin* (58.7%, n = 64)

Non-EU origin** (41.3%, n = 45)

Age

Mean 19.64 yrs (SD 1.32; 95% CI 19.39-19.89)

Mean age = 19.5 yrs (SD 1.26)

Mean age = 19.84 yrs (SD 1.38)

Gender

Female 62.4% (n = 68)

Female 50% (n-32)

Female 80% (n = 36)

Male 37.6% (n = 42)

Male 50% (n = 32):

Male 20% (n = 9):

Speaks English as first language

64.2% (n = 70)

96.9% (n = 62)

17.8% ( n = 8)

Socioeconomic class

   

SEC 1 = Professional workers

33% (n = 36)

SEC 1& 2 combined

SEC 1& 2 combined

67% (n = 43)

84% (n = 38)

SEC 2 = Managerial and technical

41% (n = 45)

SEC 3 = Non-manual

16% (n = 17)

SEC 3, 4, 5 combined

SEC 3, 4, 5 combined

SEC 4 = Skilled Manual

3% ( n = 3)

27% (n = 17)

16% (n = 7)

SEC 5 = Semi skilled

4% (n = 4)

Missing data for SEC

4% (n = 4)

6% (n = 4)

0% (n = 0)

  1. Footnote *The EU group comprised 61 from Ireland (56% of the overall cohort) and 1 (0.9%) each from Great Britain, Finland and Germany. **The Non-EU group comprised 37 from Malaysia (33.9%), 5 from Singapore (4.6%); 2 from Canada (1.8%), and 1 (0.9%) from USA).