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Table 1 Residence during childhood and high school and residence of parents

From: Attitude towards working in rural area and self-assessment of competencies in last year medical students: A survey of five countries in Asia

Country

Residence during childhood

Residence during high school

Residence of parents

Rural

No (%)

Semi-urban

No (%)

Urban

No (%)

Rural

No (%)

Semi-urban

No (%)

Urban

No (%)

Rural

No (%)

Semi-urban

No (%)

Urban

No (%)

Bangladesh

219 (15.8)

184 (13.3)

981 (70.9)

143 (10.3)

211 (15.2)

1,033 (74.5)

201 (14.4)

151 (10.9)

1,041 (74.7)

China

1,485 (50)

753 (25.3)

733 (24.7)

313 (10.5)

1,756 (59.1)

901 (30.4)

1,297 (43.9)

813 (27.5)

845 (28.6)

India

316 (16.0)

553 (27.9)

1,109 (56.1)

170 (8.6)

537 (27.1)

1,271 (64.3)

277 (14.0)

403 (20.4)

1,298 (65.6)

Thailand

228 (20.3)

183 (16.3)

713 (63.4)

53 (4.7)

110 (9.8)

959 (85.5)

236 (19.7)

214 (17.9)

746 (62.4)

Vietnam

137 (52.3)

54 (20.6)

71 (27.1)

66 (25.3)

95 (36.4)

100 (38.3)

129 (49.2)

48 (18.3)

85 (32.5)

Total

2,385 (30.9)

1,727 (22.4)

3,607 (46.7)

745 (9.7)

2,709 (35.1)

4,264 (55.2)

2,140 (27.5)

1,629 (20.9)

4,015 (51.6)