From: Career preferences of graduating medical students in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study
Variable | Percent or Mean (SD) |
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Age | 23.9(1.1) |
Family income (Yuan) per capita per year | 26718.4(80979.5) |
Sex | |
Male | 44.1 % |
Female | 55.9 % |
Type of medical school | |
Project 211 university | 6.5 % |
Non-Project 211 university | 93.5 % |
Region | |
Eastern China | 30.1 % |
Middle China | 66.1 % |
Western China | 3.8 % |
Father’s education | |
Never attended school | 1.0 % |
Primary school | 9.7 % |
High school | 48.2 % |
Secondary school | 10.1 % |
Bachelor or diploma | 27.1 % |
Master | 1.8 % |
Doctor | 1.1 % |
Other | 1.2 % |
Mother’s education | |
Never attended school | 3.4 % |
Primary school | 17.6 % |
High school | 45.5 % |
Secondary school | 10.4 % |
Bachelor or diploma | 19.9 % |
Master | 1.4 % |
Doctor | 0.8 % |
Other | 0.8 % |
Majority of residence in first years | |
Town or village | 49.2 % |
County | 25.4 % |
City | 24.9 % |
Other | 0.5 % |
Location of high school | |
Town or village | 10.3 % |
County | 58.6 % |
City | 30.2 % |
Other | 0.9 % |
Parents’ place of residence | |
Town or village | 43.6 % |
County | 27.3 % |
City | 28.2 % |
Other | 1.0 % |