Empathy among undergraduate medical students: A multi-centre cross-sectional comparison of students beginning and approaching the end of their course

Table 5 Demographic characteristics of LRRG schools’ first/second and final year respondents

	First/second Year	Final Year
All possible respondents	3009	3065
Female students	1704 (56.6 %)	1753 (57.2 %)
All respondents	721 (24.0 %)	476 (15.5 %)
Female students	439 (60.9 %)	298 (63.8 %)
Graduate entry students	58 (8.0 %)	26 (5.6 %)
Non UK medical school students	76 (10.5 %)	34 (7.3 %)
Average Age (Years)
Standard entry UK	19.1	24.1
Graduate entry UK	26.1	27.7
Non UK medical school students	19.2	24.7
Socio-economic group
HMO 1.1 & 1.2^a	570 (79.2 %)	377 (80.7 %)

^aUK National Statistics Socio-economic Classification: HMO: Higher Managerial Occupations eg company directors, doctors, teachers

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